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Ventricular assist devices as destination therapy
Surgical Clinics of North America, 2004The prospects for long-term mechanical circulatory support are improving. Axial flow pumps are a promising competitor to pulsatile first-generation LVADs, although the two may serve different patient populations. Centrifugal pumps are in the development phase and seem to require less anticoagulation.
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End of Life with Left Ventricular Assist Device in Both Bridge to Transplant and Destination Therapy
Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2018Background: The difference of end-of-life care for left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patients, between destination therapy (DT) and bridge to transplant (BTT), and the effect of palliative care in this population remain unknown.
S. Nakagawa +9 more
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Older Destination Therapy Patient Selection
2013Portions of this chapter were presented at the 29th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, April 2009, Paris, France and the 31st Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, April 2011, San Diego, California, USA.
Robert M. Adamson, Walter P. Dembitksy
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Destination Health: Doc Feelgood’s Rock Therapy
Popular Music and Society, 2021Medical imagery has been a staple within recorded song lyrics since 1890. Its manifestations vary greatly, of course.
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Herztransplantation und „Destination“-Therapie – Update 2018
DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, 2018Was ist neu? Zurückhaltung bei der Organspende Der auch im vergangenen Jahr deutliche Rückgang der Bereitschaft zur Organspende hat Auswirkungen auf die Therapie der terminalen Herzinsuffizienz. Wenn auch die Herztransplantation weiterhin den Goldstandard darstellt, kann infolge des Organmangels nur ein geringer und zumeist schwersterkrankter
Diyar Saeed, Ralf Westenfeld
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Innovations, 2019
Objective We sought to investigate outcomes after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation in advanced heart failure patients stratified by race.
A. Okoh +9 more
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Objective We sought to investigate outcomes after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation in advanced heart failure patients stratified by race.
A. Okoh +9 more
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Destination Therapy: Patient Selection and Current Outcomes
Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 2010Long-term left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) support as destination therapy (DT) is a promising new alternative for the growing population of patients with advanced heart failure. In this article, we summarize the clinical trials that led to the approval of LVAD use as DT in the US national policies regulating candidate selection and DT center ...
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Ventricular Assist Devices for Destination Therapy
2013Heart failure is a growing public health problem in United States with prevalence of 10 % in population aged 65 and above. Although cardiac transplant is “gold standard” therapy for end-stage heart failure, its use is restricted largely to younger patients (
Sanjeev Aggarwal, Mark S. Slaughter
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The ongoing quest for the first total artificial heart as destination therapy
Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2022A. Vis +6 more
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