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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Mar 15;90(1):124–129. doi: 10.1002/ccd.26973

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Placement of an Impella 2.5 in an 11 year old weighing 30.9 kg. (A) This chest radiograph demonstrates appropriate placement of the Impella via femoral artery cutdown and chimney graft. (B) This is a femoral artery cutdown with a Gore-Tex chimney graft tunneled subcutaneously with a modified 14-French sheath secured within the graft for Impella placement. (C) Parasternal long axis echocardiographic image demonstrating appropriate positioning of the Impella within the left ventricular outflow tract away from the mitral valve.