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HVAD to HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device exchange: Best practices recommendations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The HeartWare HVAD System (Medtronic) is a durable implantable left ventricular assist device that has been implanted in approximately 20,000 patients worldwide for bridge to transplant and destination therapy indications.
Atluri, Pavan   +22 more
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Surgical Infection Prophylaxis for Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/86804/1/j.1540-8191.2011.01262.x ...
DePestel, Daryl D.   +3 more
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Hemodynamic support with TandemHeart™ in tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy – a case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by chest pain, electrocardiographic abnormalities mimicking acute myocardial infarction, akinesis or dyskinesis of apical or mid left ventricular segments, and the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease.
Aronow, Wilbert S.   +5 more
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Incidence and prognosis of vascular complications after percutaneous placement of left ventricular assist device [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
OBJECTIVE: Mechanical assist devices have found an increasingly important role in high-risk interventional cardiac procedures. The Impella (Abiomed Inc, Danvers, Mass) is a percutaneous left ventricular assist device inserted through the femoral artery ...
Abaunza, Miriam   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Bridge to Transplantation with a Left Ventricular Assist Device [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A 61-year-old female patient was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy with severe left ventricle dysfunction. Two days after admission, continuous renal replacement therapy was performed due to oliguria and lactic acidosis.
Jeong, Dong Seop   +5 more
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Cavopulmonary assist for the failing Fontan circulation: impact of ventricular function on mechanical support strategy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Mechanical circulatory support--either ventricular assist device (VAD, left-sided systemic support) or cavopulmonary assist device (CPAD, right-sided support)--has been suggested as treatment for Fontan failure.
Chen, Jun   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Simulation of dilated heart failure with continuous flow circulatory support [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Lumped parameter models have been employed for decades to simulate important hemodynamic couplings between a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and the native circulation.
A Ferreira   +50 more
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A case of truncus arteriosus with severe heart failure and pulmonary stenosis: bridge to transplant candidacy with surgical correction and a ventricular-assist device [PDF]

open access: yes
The version of record of this article, first published in Journal of Artificial Organs, is available online at Publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10047-024-01456-w.Ventricular-assist device therapy for small patients with congenital heart ...
Ishida, Hidekazu   +8 more
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Cangrelor: Safe and Effective for Left Ventricular Assist Device Thrombosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Pump thrombosis is a devastating complication of left ventricular assist device implantation as it increases the risk of mortality and morbidity. Early and effective treatment is important to prevent the progression of the clot and to avoid the surgical ...
Anderson, Eve   +4 more
core   +1 more source

FRAILTY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE IMPLANTATION [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Heart failure is a progressive condition that affects over 5.7 million Americans and costs associated with heart failure account for 2-3 % of the national health care budget.
Falls, Candice
core   +1 more source

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