Perioperative use of neseritide in heart failure patients undergoing implantation of left ventricular assist device

INITIAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE THORATEC IVAD: A VERSATILE IMPLANTABLE UNIOR BI-VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE S. Tsui, M. Slaughter, J. Hill, N. Burton, R. Korfer, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Christ Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center NRW, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany