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A fully magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device — final report [PDF]
Background In two interim analyses of this trial, patients with advanced heart failure who were treated with a fully magnetically levitated centrifugal‐flow left ventricular assist device were less likely to have pump thrombosis or nondisabling stroke ...
Ewald, G.A., Itoh, A.
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Pressure, Flow Rate and Operating Speed Characteristics of a Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device During Varying Speed Support [PDF]
Hydraulic performance of Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices depends on their pressure head and flow rate relations. Hydraulic characteristics of these devices are expressed by pressure head and flow rate loops in a pulsatile environment as ...
Selim Bozkurt
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Long-Term Use of a Left Ventricular Assist Device for End-Stage Heart Failure [PDF]
BACKGROUND Implantable left ventricular assist devices have benefited patients with end-stage heart failure as a bridge to cardiac transplantation, but their long-term use for the purpose of enhancing survival and the quality of life has not been ...
Eric A. Rose+20 more
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Ethical challenges with the left ventricular assist device as a destination therapy [PDF]
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
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Clinical outcome in patients with end-stage heart failure who underwent continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices in a single center [PDF]
Background/Aims The continuous flow left ventricular assist device (cf-LVAD) has improved the survival of chronic end-stage heart failure (HF) patients.
Yoonjee Park+5 more
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IMPORTANCE Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) enhance quality and duration of life in advanced heart failure. The burden of nonsurgical bleeding events is a leading morbidity.
M. Mehra+66 more
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The MOMENTUM 3 pivotal trial established superiority of the HeartMate 3 (HM3) left ventricular assist device (LVAD), a fully magnetically levitated centrifugal‐flow pump, over the HeartMate II axial‐flow pump.
M. Mehra+10 more
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This cohort study assesses inequities in access and outcomes in the receipt of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy for Black and female patients in the US.
T. Cascino+13 more
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Background Extracorporeal left ventricular assist device is often required for acute myocardial infarction patients in cardiogenic shock when temporary mechanical circulatory support fails to provide hemodynamic stabilization.
Chiho Tokunaga+8 more
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Right ventricular failure (RVF) following left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation remains a major complication which may significantly impair patient outcome. The genesis of RVF is, however, multifactorial, and the mechanisms underlying such a
V. Lo Coco+7 more
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