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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Feb 12;142(3):10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.01.011. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.01.011

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Heart and aortic valve after animal was electively killed 30 days after miniaturized ventricular assist device implantation. Device was entirely free of thrombi (left) in all long-term animals, and there was no damage to aortic valve (right), demonstrating feasibility of long-term hemocompatibility with miniaturized ventricular assist device.