Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 790-797 , November 2009

Percutaneous Implantation of an Intraventricular Device for the Treatment of Heart Failure: Experimental Results and Proof of Concept

  • Serjan D. Nikolic, PhD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Cardiokinetix, Menlo Park, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Serjan D. Nikolic, CardioKinetix, Inc., Chief Technical Officer, 925 Hamilton Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Tel: (650) 364-7016; Fax: (650) 364-7038.
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  • Alex Khairkhahan, MS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiokinetix, Menlo Park, CA
    • ,
  • Miho Ryu, DVM

      Affiliations

    • BioSurg, Winters, CA
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  • Gerard Champsaur, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Cardiokinetix, Menlo Park, CA
    • ,
  • Eugene Breznock, PhD, DVM

      Affiliations

    • BioSurg, Winters, CA
    • ,
  • Michael Dae, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, CA

Received 6 November 2008 ,Revised 23 March 2009 ,Accepted 8 May 2009.

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 S.D.N., A.K., and G.C. are employees of Cardiokinetix, Inc., the sponsor of this study. M.D. is consultant to Cardiokinetix, Inc.

PII: S1071-9164(09)00170-5

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.05.014

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 790-797 , November 2009

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