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Ventricular assist devices for heart failure: a focus on patient selection and complications

Research Reports in Clinical Cardiology, 2014
Manlio Cipriani, Vincenzo De Simone, Luciana D'Angelo, Enrico Perna, Marzia Lilliu, Virginia Bovolo, Fabrizio Oliva, Maria Frigerio Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, A De Gasperis Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy Abstract: Heart ...
Cipriani M, De Simone V, D’Angelo L, Perna E, Lilliu M, Bovolo V, Oliva F, Frigerio M   +7 more
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Heart assist devices and their impact on arterial Doppler: When the waveform appears flat or serrated. [PDF]

Australas J Ultrasound Med, 2017
Wang, Y ORCiD: 0000-0002-0884-8968Objective: The purpose of this article was to review the principal mechanisms of three types of heart assist devices, to explore their haemodynamic impacts on spectral Doppler and to discuss the associated challenges in ...
Wang Y.
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Modeling payback from research into the efficacy of left-ventricular assist devices as destination therapy [PDF]

, 2007
Objectives: Ongoing developments in design have improved the outlook for left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation as a therapy in end-stage heart failure.
Freeman, G, Freeman, G., Poole-Wilson, P, Lilford, Richard J, Girling, A., Freeman, Guy, Lilford, RJ, Scott, D., Gordon, JP, Girling, Alan, Lilford, Richard, Gordon, Jason P, Poole-Wilson, Philip, Girling, AJ, Scott, David A, Girling, Alan J., Gordon, Jason, Scott, David A., Scott, DA, Gordon, Jason P., Lilford, R., Girling, Alan J, Poole-Wilson, P., Gordon, J., Scott, D   +24 more
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Overview of Ventricular Assist Devices and the Total Artificial Heart

, 2021
Patients with isolated left ventricular failure may have positive outcomes after being implanted with a left ventricular assist device. Unfortunately, almost half of patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction also have evidence of right ...
Carmen Rosa Presti, Crenshaw, Nichole A, Presti, Carmen Rosa, Nichole A. Crenshaw   +3 more
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Cost-effectiveness of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) for patients with advanced heart failure : analysis of the British NHS Bridge to Transplant (BTT) program [PDF]

, 2014
Background: A previous cost-effectiveness analysis showed that bridge to transplant (BTT) with early design left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) for advanced heart failure was more expensive than medical management while appearing less beneficial ...
Pulikottil-Jacob, R, Banner, NR, Pulikottil-Jacob, Ruth, Clarke, A, Sutcliffe, P, Connock, Martin, Suri, G., Suri, Gaurav, Connock, M, Sutcliffe, Paul, Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin, Maheswaran, H, Kandala, N-B, Connock, M., Sutcliffe, P. (Paul), Suri, G, Banner, Nicholas R., Maheswaran, Hendramoorthy, Clarke, Aileen, Banner, Nicholas R   +19 more
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New Aspects of Ventricular Assist Devices [PDF]

, 2011
Ventricular assist device has become one of the standard therapies for the support and the management of the failing heart. Updating our knowledge about these devices is mandatory in order to improve patient outcomes. In this book we can read the efforts

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Surface coatings for ventricular assist devices [PDF]

, 2009
This review focuses on the surface engineering of ventricular assist devices (VADs) for treating heart failing patients, which involves modification of the blood contacting surfaces to improve the blood compatibility (or heamocompatability) of the VADs ...
Kei, Ho-Lun, Sin, Dong-Choon, Miao, Xigeng   +2 more
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Clinical implications of pleural effusion following left ventricular assist device implantation [PDF]

Acute and Critical Care
Background Studies on the association between pleural effusion (PE) and left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are limited. This study aimed to examine the characteristics and the clinical impact of PE following LVAD implantation.
So-Min Lim, Ah-Ram Kim, Junho Hyun, Sang-Eun Lee, Pil-Je Kang, Sung-Ho Jung, Min-Seok Kim   +6 more
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Biventricular assist devices and total artificial heart: Strategies and outcomes

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
In contrast to the advanced development of the left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy for advanced heart failure, the mechanical circulatory support (MCS) with biventricular assist device (BVAD) and total artificial heart (TAH) options remain ...
Taiyo Kuroda, Chihiro Miyagi, Kiyotaka Fukamachi, Kiyotaka Fukamachi, Jamshid H. Karimov, Jamshid H. Karimov   +5 more
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Early Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: Are the Viruses to Blame?

Case Reports in Medicine, 2012
This paper describes a case of early (7 months after transplant) cardiac allograft vasculopathy. This-43-year-old (CMV positive, EBV negative) female patient underwent an orthotopic heart transplant with a (CMV negative, EBV positive) donor heart.
Ashim Aggarwal, Joseph Pyle, John Hamilton, Geetha Bhat   +3 more
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