The implantation of EXCOR® Pediatric is keeping out with standard cardiac surgery techniques. Implantation can be carried out with the heart in induced ventricular fibrillation, cardioplegy or on a beating heart. Please find all details regarding the implantation preparation and the surgery technique itself in our manual.

Anastomosis of apical cannula	Make end-to-side anastomosis to aorta
3. Connect cannulas with primed pump

The cannulas could be connected in different ways

without cannulas LVAD, atrial LVAD, apical BVAD, left atrial BVAD, left apical