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Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support for Refractory Cardiogenic Shock Before Left Ventricular Assist Device Surgery

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018
Background There are limited data on the role of temporary mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices for cardiogenic shock before left ventricular assist device (LVAD) surgery.
Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, Shilpkumar Arora, Sopan Lahewala, Varun Kumar, Ghanshyam P. S. Shantha, Jacob C. Jentzer, John M. Stulak, Bernard J. Gersh, Rajiv Gulati, Charanjit S. Rihal, Abhiram Prasad, Abhishek J. Deshmukh   +11 more
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Cardiac Assist Devices: Early Concepts, Current Technologies, and Future Innovations

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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Transcranial Doppler After Successful Endovascular Revascularization and Hospitalization Outcomes

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, 2023
Background Almost half of large‐vessel occlusion strokes have unfavorable outcomes despite successful endovascular therapy. We aim to investigate whether postrevascularization cerebral hemodynamics, determined by transcranial Doppler (TCD), associate ...
Victor J. Del Brutto, Jacob A. Sambursky, Nastajjia A. Krementz, Faisal J. Gondal, Hannah E. Gardener, Frank Cabrera, Yosdely Cabrera, Faddi Saleh Velez, Jose G. Romano, Sebastian Koch   +9 more
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Medical tourism [PDF]

, 2015
Provides an outline of the current research around medical tourism, especially its impact on Australians. Background Medical tourism is a burgeoning industry in our region.
Peter Leggat
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Climate therapy and the development of South Africa as a health resort, c.1850–1910

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2021
Historical research is undeveloped concerning tourism in sub-Saharan Africa. This research contributes to scholarship about the history of tourism for climate and health.
Rogerson Christian M., Rogerson Jayne M.
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Novel antigens of CAR T cell therapy: New roads; old destination

Translational Oncology, 2021
Chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy has so far proved itself as a reliable therapeutic option for the treatment of relapsed/refractory (R/R) B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), multiple myeloma
Pooria Safarzadeh Kozani, Pouya Safarzadeh Kozani, Fatemeh Rahbarizadeh   +2 more
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Relationship between device acceptance and patient-reported outcomes in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) recipients [PDF]

, 2019
The number of Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) implanted each year is rising. Nevertheless, there are minimal data on device acceptance after LVAD implant, and on its relationship with patient-reported outcomes. We designed a cross-sectional study
Adamo, Luigi, Carney, Robert M., Clemenza, Francesco, Craddock, Heidi, Di Blasi, Maria, Ewald, Gregory, Girgenti, Rosario, Tosto, Crispino   +7 more
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Heart Rate Variability: A possible machine learning biomarker for mechanical circulatory device complications and heart recovery [PDF]

, 2020
Cardiovascular disease continues to be the number one cause of death in the United States, with heart failure patients expected to increase to \u3e8 million by 2030.
Aras, Shravan, Khalpey, Zain, Lin, Theodore   +2 more
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Continuous flow left ventricular assist devices: a valid option for heart failure patients

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2012
Recent outstanding clinical advances with new mechanical circulatory systems (MCS) have led to additional strategies in the treatment of end stage heart failure (HF).
Thierry Carrel, Lars Englberger, Michele Vittorio Martinelli, Jukka Takala, Claudia Boesch, Vilborg Sigurdadottir, Erich Gygax, Alexander Kadner, Paul Mohacsi   +8 more
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5-year results of a newly implemented mechanical circulatory support program for terminal heart failure patients in a Swiss non-cardiac transplant university hospital

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2021
Background In Switzerland, long-term circulatory support programs have been limited to heart transplant centers. In 2014, to improve the management of patients with end-stage heart failure not eligible for transplantation, we implemented a left ...
Thibault Schaeffer, Otmar Pfister, Constantin Mork, Paul Mohacsi, Florian Rueter, Simon Scheifele, Anne Morgen, Urs Zenklusen, Thomas Doebele, Markus Maurer, Joachim Erb, Jens Fassl, Nadine Cueni, Martin Siegemund, Hans Pargger, Brigitta Gahl, Stefan Osswald, Friedrich Eckstein, Martin Grapow   +18 more
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