Recovery Publications

• Moazami N, Moon MR, Pasque MK, Lawton JS, Bailey MS, Damiano RJ, Jr. Strategies for temporary mechanical support: contemporary experience with pulsatile and non-pulsatile support systems. Heart Surg.Forum 2005;8(4):E216-E220.
• Morgan JA, Stewart AS, Lee BJ, Oz MC, Naka Y. Role of the Abiomed BVS 5000 device for short-term support and bridge to transplantation. ASAIO J. 2004 Jul;50(4):360-3.
• Petrofski JA, Patel VS, Russell SD, Milano CA. BVS5000 support after cardiac transplantation. J.Thorac.Cardiovasc.Surg. 2003 Aug;126(2):442-7.
• Dekkers RJ, FitzGerald DJ, Couper GS. Five-year clinical experience with Abiomed BVS 5000 as a ventricular assist device for cardiac failure. Perfusion. 2001; 16: 13-18
• Samuels LE, Holmes EC, Thomas MP, et al. Management of acute cardiac failure with mechanical assist: experience with the Abiomed BVS 5000. Ann Thorac Surg 2001; 71 (suppl 3):S67-72.
• Chen J, Spanier T, Gonzalez J, et al. Improved survival in patients with acute myocarditis using external pulsatile mechanical ventricular assistance. J Heart Lung Transplant 1999; 18: 351-357.
• Korfer R, El-Banayosy A, Arusoglu L, et al. Temporary pulsatile ventricular assist devices and biventricular assist devices. Ann Thorac Surg 1999; 68: 678-684.
• Samuels LE, Kaufman MS, Thomas MP, Holmes EC, Brockman SK, Wechsler AS. Pharmacological criteria for ventricular assist device insertion following postcardiotomy shock: experience with the Abiomed BVS system. J.Card Surg 1999 Jul;14(4):288-93.
• Jett GK. Abiomed BVS 5000: experience and potential advantages. Ann Thorac Surg 1996; 61: 301-304.
• Minami K, Posival H, El-Banayosy A, et al. Mechanical ventricular support using pulsatile Abiomed BVS 5000 and centrifical Biomedicus pump in postcardiotomy shock. Int J Artif Organs 1994; 17: 492-98.
• Guyton RA, Schoenberger PAM, Everts PAM, et al. Postcardiotomy shock: clinical evaluation of the BVS 5000 ventricular support system. Ann Thorac Surg 1993; 56: 346-56.