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Inpatient Specialist Palliative Care in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD): A Retrospective Case Series

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
BackgroundRepeat hospitalizations, complications, and psychosocial burdens are common in patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVAD). Specialist palliative care (sPC) involvement supports patients during decision-making until end-of-life. In the
Theresa Tenge   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lumped-Parameter Modelling of Cardiovascular System Dynamics under Different Healthy and Diseased Conditions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in the modern society, and research into the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases is an urgent task.
Shi, Yubing
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Impact of prolonged microaxial flow pump support on outcomes in heart transplantation: A single-center experienceCentral MessagePerspective

open access: yesJTCVS Open
Objective: To evaluate whether patients receiving prolonged Impella 5.5 support (greater than 30 days) as a bridge to heart transplantation experience comparable outcomes with those receiving shorter-term support (up to 30 days).
Muhammad F. Masood, MD   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surface Coatings for Rotary Ventricular Assist Devices: A Systematic Review

open access: yes, 2021
Rotary ventricular assist devices (VADs) are frequently used to provide mechanical circulatory support to patients suffering from end-stage heart failure.
Dargusch, Matthew S   +14 more
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Ethical challenges with the left ventricular assist device as a destination therapy

open access: yesPhilosophy, 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Vascular Lumen Reduction on the Performance and Energy Consumption of an Innovative Implantable LVAD

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
This paper presents the results of a study on the effect of vascular lumen reduction on the performance of an innovative implantable LVAD (left ventricular assist device).
Ryszard Jasinski   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The cost-effectiveness of left ventricular assist devices in end stage heart failure

open access: yes, 2008
With a limited supply of donor hearts, individuals with end-stage heart failure have been offered hope through the use of mechanical devices. Left ventricular-assist devices (LVADs) are a technology designed to work in parallel with the heart but have ...
Bryant, Jackie   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Innovative Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Device—Performance under Various Resistances and Operating Frequency Conditions

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
This paper presents the operation of an innovative left ventricular assist device under various resistances and operating frequencies. The operating principle of the device is based on pulsatile blood flow, which is forced by a suction–discharge device ...
Ryszard Jasinski   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ventricular Assist Devices

open access: yes, 2023
The heart pumps blood throughout our bodies and provides the oxygen and nutrients essential for life. There is a growing pandemic of heart failure despite advances in current diagnostics and treatments and improvements in heart transplantation ...

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Recurrent Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in a Patient With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Leading to Cardiogenic Shock Requiring VA-ECMO

open access: yesJACC: Case Reports, 2020
Providing hemodynamic support for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and cardiogenic shock can be challenging because inotropic medications worsen intraventricular obstruction, and the effect of appropriate mechanical support remains undefined. We
Mustafa Husaini, MD   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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