Population
Sheep models (ex vivo and in vivo intrathoracic implantation, including a 45 kg small sheep)
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
up to >2 years ex vivo, >5 months in vivo
Authors
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Does not support clinical use; extends preclinical durability data for magnetically suspended LVADs.
The Terumo implantable left ventricular assist system with a magnetically suspended impeller demonstrated long-term durability and nonthrombogenicity in preclinical sheep models.
Nojiri et al. (1999) studied this question.
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