Usefulness of regional right ventricular and right atrial strain for prediction of early and late right ventricular failure following a left ventricular assist device implant: A machine learning approach [PDF]
Background: Identifying candidates for left ventricular assist device surgery at risk of right ventricular failure remains difficult. The aim was to identify the most accurate predictors of right ventricular failure among clinical, biological, and ...
Agnese V. +14 more
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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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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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Background: Recent studies describe an emerging role for percutaneous left ventricular assist devices such as Impella CP® as rescue therapy for refractory cardiac arrest.
Adam L. Gottula +9 more
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Echocardiography in left ventricular assist device
Sherif M Helmy +2 more
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Background: Patients with a left ventricular assist device with right ventricular failure are prioritized on the heart transplant waitlist; however, their post-transplant survival is less well characterized.
Yaron D. Barac, MD, PhD +7 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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Practice Issues for Evaluation and Management of the Suicidal Left Ventricular Assist Device Patient [PDF]
There is a high prevalence of depression among left ventricular assist device patients, who present with an increased risk of suicidality given access to means via the device either with nonadherence or disconnection.
Chernyak, Yelena +3 more
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Double apical cannulation technique for the implantation of an extracorporeal left ventricular assist device. [PDF]
Kawamura A +8 more
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