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Risk Assessment and Comparative Effectiveness of Left Ventricular Assist Device and Medical Management in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients The ROADMAP Study 2-Year Results [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVES The authors sought to provide the pre-specified primary endpoint of the ROADMAP (Risk Assessment and Comparative Effectiveness of Left Ventricular Assist Device and Medical Management in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients) trial at 2 years ...
Boyle, Andrew J., Bruckner, Brian A., Chuang, Joyce, Estep, Jerry D., Farrar, David J., Haas, Donald C., Horstmanshof, Douglas A., Kasirajan, Vigneshwar, Lee, Sangjin, Long, James W., Milano, Carmelo A., Rogers, Joseph G., Selzman, Craig H., Shah, Keyur B., Starling, Randall C., Stehlik, Josef   +15 more
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Ethical challenges with the left ventricular assist device as a destination therapy

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 2008
The left ventricular assist device was originally designed to be surgically implanted as a bridge to transplantation for patients with chronic end-stage heart failure.
Rady Mohamed Y, Verheijde Joseph L, Rizzieri Aaron G, McGregor Joan L   +3 more
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A Peek at LVADs Pumping to Recovery

Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology, 2022
Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have revolutionized the management of patients with advanced heart failure refractory to medical therapy. Current indications of LVADs include Bridge to Transplantation (BTT), Destination Therapy (DT) for long-term
Samiullah Arshad, Rachel D Cutting, Daniel J Stephens, Ythan H Goldberg, Claudius Mahr, Mahender Vyasabattu, Ahmed H Abdelfattah, Gaurang N Vaidya   +7 more
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Outcomes of Transcatheter Edge‐to‐Edge Repair in Potentially Favorable Candidates for Left Ventricular Assist Device: Evidence From the OCEAN‐Mitral Registry

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Transcatheter edge‐to‐edge repair of the mitral valve (M‐TEER) has shown promising outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure and significant mitral regurgitation.
Shuhei Tanaka, Teruhiko Imamura, Yuki Hida, Ryuichi Ushijima, Nobuyuki Fukuda, Hiroshi Ueno, Koichiro Kinugawa, Masanori Yamamoto, Shunsuke Kubo, Yuki Izumi, Mike Saji, Masahiko Asami, Yusuke Enta, Shinichi Shirai, Masaki Izumo, Shingo Mizuno, Yusuke Watanabe, Makoto Amaki, Kazuhisa Kodama, Hisao Otsuki, Toru Naganuma, Hiroki Bota, Yohei Ohno, Masahiro Yamawaki, Gaku Nakazawa, Daisuke Hachinohe, Atsushi Sugiura, Tetsuro Shimura, Toshiaki Otsuka, Kentaro Hayashida   +29 more
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Michael White: Fragments of an event [PDF]

, 2008
We present here fragments, reconstructed from memory1, of Michael White's last workshop2. These fragments are interspersed with descriptions of events that took place in San Diego in the days leading up to Michael's death.
Hedtke, Lorraine, Winslade, John
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Longest Known Survivor With HeartMate II Continuous‐Flow Left Ventricular Assist System—A Case Report of the 16‐Year Success Story

Clinical Case Reports
Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have been used as a bridge to transplantation in patients with advanced heart failure. In this case, LVAD therapy was used as a destination therapy for 16 years, representing the longest documented and continuously
Yamane Chawa, Mhd Baraa Habib, Ammar Chapra, Salah Elbdri   +3 more
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Acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction with Guillain-Barre syndrome in Fontan circulation

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2023
Total cavopulmonary connection, commonly referred to as the Fontan procedure, is the established destination therapy for univentricular hearts. While the procedure permits a longer survival of these patients, this circulation involves several compromises
Rohit Sunil Walse, Bhagwati Pant, Arun Gopalakrishnan, Bijulal Sasidharan   +3 more
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Attitudes of geriatric patients in a mental hospital toward rehabilitation planning [PDF]

, 1960
Thesis (M.S.)--Boston ...
Runnells, Jane Durrell
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Hypoxia in the Initiation and Progression of Neuroblastoma Tumours [PDF]

, 2020
Neuroblastoma is the most frequent extracranial solid tumour in children, causing 10% of all paediatric oncology deaths. It arises in the embryonic neural crest due to an uncontrolled behaviour of sympathetic nervous system progenitors, giving rise to ...
Gómez Muñoz, María Ángeles, Huertas Castaño, Carlos, Pardal Redondo, Ricardo, Vega Moreno, Francisco Manuel   +3 more
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Current Trends in Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Cardiology Research and Practice, 2011
The shortage of appropriate donor organs and the expanding pool of patients waiting for heart transplantation have led to growing interest in alternative strategies, particularly in mechanical circulatory support.
Jens Garbade, Hartmuth B. Bittner, Markus J. Barten, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr   +3 more
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