Cost-effectiveness of Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) as destination therapy in the UK: An economic modelling study. [PDF]
PLoS ONEObjectivesLeft Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) for destination therapy (DT) are used in many countries but in some, like the UK, LVADs are not commissioned due to uncertainty around their cost-effectiveness.
Tuba Saygın Avşar +7 more
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Left ventricular assist device implantation in high risk destination therapy patients: an alternative surgical approach [PDF]
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2012 Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) for Destination Therapy (DT) is an established therapy for end stage heart failure patients who are not transplant candidates.
Samuels Louis E +3 more
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Destination Therapy Strategies of Advanced Heart Failure in Elderly Non-Heart Transplant Candidates: A Propensity Matching Analysis from the LEVO-D and REGALAD Registries [PDF]
LifeHeart transplantation (HT) is the gold standard therapy for advanced heart failure (ADHF), and LVADs as destination therapy are an option in non-HT candidates.
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An infectious disease perspective-is destination therapy a viable option for total artificial hearts? [PDF]
Ann Cardiothorac Surg, 2020 Zabner R, Lam LD, Runyan C.
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Time in Therapeutic Range Significantly Impacts Survival and Adverse Events in Destination Therapy Patients. [PDF]
ASAIO J, 2022 Macaluso GP +8 more
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Mechanical circulatory support for destination therapy: why are we so late? [PDF]
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2016 Robert Guidoin
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Peritoneal dialysis improves quality-of-life in a left ventricular assist device destination therapy patient-a case report. [PDF]
Eur Heart J Case Rep, 2021 Koppel CJ +3 more
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Ventricular assist devices as destination therapy: psychosocial and ethical implications. [PDF]
Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J, 2015 Grogan S +3 more
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Impact of mechanical circulatory support on donor heart allocation: past, present, and future [PDF]
Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) recently revised its heart allocation policy to address numerous shortcomings of the previous system. Implemented in 2018, the changes sought to reduce waiting list mortality, clearly define urgency status ...
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End-of-life decision-making and changing preferences in patients with a left ventricular assist device for destination therapy: insights from advance directives in Japan. [PDF]
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