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Echocardiography in Cardiac Assist Devices [PDF]
Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 In patients with medically refractory heart failure or cardiogenic shock, both temporary and durable mechanical circulatory support devices can be used to support cardiac circulation.
Senthil Anand +3 more
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Cardiac Assist Devices: Early Concepts, Current Technologies, and Future Innovations [PDF]
Bioengineering, 2019 Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a debilitating condition that afflicts tens of millions of people worldwide and is responsible for more deaths each year than all cancers combined. Because donor hearts for transplantation are in short supply, a safe and
Jooli Han, Dennis R. Trumble
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Preload sensitivity in cardiac assist devices. [PDF]
Ann Thorac Surg, 2013 With implantable cardiac assist devices increasingly proving their effectiveness as therapeutic options for end-stage heart failure, it is important for clinicians to understand the unique physiology of device-assisted circulation. Preload sensitivity as it relates to cardiac assist devices is derived from the Frank-Starling relationship between human ...
Fukamachi K +6 more
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Imaging of mechanical cardiac assist devices.
J Clin Imaging Sci, 2011 Diagnostic imaging plays an important role in the assessment of patients with mechanical cardiac assist devices. Therefore, it is important for radiologists to be familiar with the basic components, function, and radiographic appearances of these devices in order to appropriately diagnose complications.
Ginat D, Massey HT, Bhatt S, Dogra VS.
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 In recent years, development of mechanical circulatory support devices has proved to be a new treatment modality, in addition to standard pharmacological therapy, for patients with heart failure or acutely depressed cardiac function.
Blanca Pamias-Lopez +3 more
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Cardiac implantable therapeutic medical devices: A narrative review
Journal of Acute Disease, 2021 Heart diseases are common life-threatening acute diseases. They are leading causes of mortality worldwide, especially significant in developed countries.
Christine Pui Sum Ho, Sunny Chi Lik Au
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Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, 2021 Measurement of a single marker of coagulation may not provide a complete picture of hemostasis activation and fibrinolysis in patients with chronic cardiovascular diseases. We assessed retrospective orders of a panel which included prothrombin fragment 1.
Maureen J. Miller MD, MPH +3 more
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Left Ventricular Assist Device Outflow Cannula Obstruction
JACC: Case Reports, 2020 One of the dreaded complications of left ventricular assist device implantation is mechanical obstruction of the device secondary to pump thrombosis or mechanical outflow cannula obstruction.
Majid Asawaeer, MD +4 more
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Mechanical Circulatory Support for the Management of Complex Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
JACC: Case Reports, 2020 Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare but potentially fatal disease. The management of PPCM is individualized, and an early diagnosis is instrumental in the institution of an appropriate management plan. Here, we present a dramatic case of PPCM that
Ali Fatehi Hassanabad, MD, MSc +3 more
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