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Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background: Right ventricular failure (RVF) is a cause of major morbidity and mortality after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation.
C. Frankfurter+8 more
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Left Ventricular Assist Devices [PDF]
Ventricular assist device has rapidly emerged as a durable and safe therapy for end-stage heart failure patients with >22 000 implantations to date. Though originally conceived for bridge-to-transplant indication, significant advancements in medical management as well as technology with arrivals of newer generation devices have improved patient ...
Pavan Atluri+2 more
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Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Implantation and Renal Dysfunction [PDF]
Pathophysiological, pathomorphological and functional changes in the kidneys after left ventricular assist device implantation have not yet been fully understood and represent an actual problem of our time.
Assem Nogaibayeva+2 more
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Advanced heart failure treated with continuous-flow left ventricular assist device.
BACKGROUND Patients with advanced heart failure have improved survival rates and quality of life when treated with implanted pulsatile-flow left ventricular assist devices as compared with medical therapy.
Mark S Slaughter+13 more
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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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Left Ventricular Assist Device-Related Complications
Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) has emerged as a safe, durable, and revolutionary therapy for end-stage heart failure patients. Despite the appearance of newer-generation devices that have improved patient outcomes, the burden of adverse events ...
Clement Alexandra+3 more
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A retrospective evaluation of fondaparinux for confirmed or suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in left-ventricular-assist device patients [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Thrombotic events are a common complication of left ventricular assist device placement and warrant prophylactic anticoagulation. Heparin is the most common anticoagulant used for prophylaxis of thrombotic events in left ventricular assist ...
Aesha Shah+4 more
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Background Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a complex syndrome associated with high morbidity and mortality. In recent years, many US hospitals have formed multidisciplinary shock teams capable of rapid diagnosis and triage. Because of preexisting collaborative
Joseph I. Wang+10 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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Targeted myocardial gene expression in failing hearts by RNA sequencing
Background Myocardial recovery with left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy is highly variable and difficult to predict. Next generation ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing is an innovative, rapid, and quantitative approach to gene expression ...
Kajari Dhar+12 more
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