Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 523-528 , August 2009

Acute Left Ventricular Unloading in Dogs With Chronic Heart Failure: Continuous Aortic Flow Augmentation Versus Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping

  • Hani N. Sabbah, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Hani N. Sabbah, PhD, FACC, Director of Cardiovascular Research, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan 48202. Tel.: (313) 916-7360; Fax: (313) 916-3001.
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  • Mengjun Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
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  • Ramesh C. Gupta, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
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  • Sharad Rastogi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
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  • Itamar Ilsar, DVM

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
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  • Tony Viole, MS

      Affiliations

    • Orqis Medical, Inc., Lake Forest, California
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  • Robert Brewer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan

Received 30 April 2008 ,Revised 5 November 2008 ,Accepted 14 January 2009.

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 Supported, in part, by a grant from Orqis Medical, Inc. and by a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute PO1 HL074237-05

 Dr. Sabbah has a research grant from and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Orqis Medical, Inc; Tony Viole is a full-time employee of Orqis Medical, Inc.

PII: S1071-9164(09)00017-7

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.01.003

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 523-528 , August 2009

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