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As we prepare to enter the twenty-first century, no aspect of cardiovascular surgery has more of a futuristic aura than mechanical cardiac assistance. What changes and challenges will the new century bring to this field? Before attempting to characterize the next few decades, I will briefly review the history of mechanical circulatory support systems. By coincidence, much of this history has spanned my own career as a heart surgeon.
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Cooley, D.A. (1995). Horizons. In: Unger, F. (eds) Assisted Circulation 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79340-0_33
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