Episode 22 | Ventricular Assist Devices: Current Status & Future Directions
Channel: The Texas Heart Institute
Date: 2020-07-07

Recorded June 25, 2020 

THI Education Series Innovative Technologies & Techniques (Episode 22)

In this episode, Zvonimir Krajcer, MD, William "Billy Cohn, MD, and Les Miller, Roubin, MD, discuss the history of ventricular assist devices and future directions of the field of mechanical circulatory support. 

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