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Left Ventricular Assist Devices [PDF]

Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2017
Audience: The audience for this classic team-based learning (cTBL) session is emergency medicine residents, faculty, and students; although this topic is applicable to internal medicine and family medicine residents. Introduction: A left ventricular
Khuansiri Narajeenron, Wirachin Ying Hoonpongsimanot, Megan Boysen Osborn   +2 more
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Study of a bi-directional axial flow blood pump [PDF]

, 2012
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.A common treatment for circulatory disorders is the application of rotary blood pumps to locally increase blood flow to required levels.
Swalen, Marcel Johannes Petrus
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Lumped-Parameter Modelling of Cardiovascular System Dynamics under Different Healthy and Diseased Conditions [PDF]

, 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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Is it Safe for Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices to Undergo Non-Cardiac Surgery?

Medicina, 2020
Background and Objectives: Since the first use of ventricular assist devices (VADs) as bridge to recovery and bridge to cardiac transplantation in the early 1990s, significant technological advances have transformed VAD implantation into a routine ...
Rafal Berger, Attila Nemeth, Christoph Salewski, Rodrigo Sandoval Boburg, Metesh Acharya, Alexander Weymann, Konstantin Zhigalov, Bastian Schmack, Michel Pompeu B. O. Sá, Christian Schlensak, Aron-Frederik Popov   +10 more
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Right Ventricular Lead Dysfunction Post LVAD Implantation

Graduate Medical Education Research Journal, 2020
Mentor: Faris Khan Program: Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease Type: Original Research Background: The use of left ventricular assist devices (LVAD), both as bridge to cardiac transplantation as well as destination therapy, has ...
Ahmed Mohamed Abdelhalim-Selim, Rahul Dhawan, Katheine Germann, Scott Lundgren, Ronald Zolty, Faris Khan   +5 more
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Impact of an Accessory for Left Ventricular Assist Devices on Device Flow and Pressure Head In Vitro

Bioengineering, 2023
A novel accessory directing the blood from the outflow of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) back through the left ventricular apex and across the aortic valve allows LVAD implantation via the left ventricular apex solely but may affect the LVAD ...
Florian Meissner, Derya Eichelkraut, Marius Schimmel, Sven Maier, Heiko Vestner, Manuela Schoen, Martin Czerny, Wolfgang Bothe   +7 more
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Modeling payback from research into the efficacy of left-ventricular assist devices as destination therapy [PDF]

, 2007
Objectives: Ongoing developments in design have improved the outlook for left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation as a therapy in end-stage heart failure.
Freeman, G, Freeman, G., Poole-Wilson, P, Lilford, Richard J, Girling, A., Freeman, Guy, Lilford, RJ, Scott, D., Gordon, JP, Girling, Alan, Lilford, Richard, Gordon, Jason P, Poole-Wilson, Philip, Girling, AJ, Scott, David A, Girling, Alan J., Gordon, Jason, Scott, David A., Scott, DA, Gordon, Jason P., Lilford, R., Girling, Alan J, Poole-Wilson, P., Gordon, J., Scott, D   +24 more
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Cost-effectiveness of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) for patients with advanced heart failure : analysis of the British NHS Bridge to Transplant (BTT) program [PDF]

, 2014
Background: A previous cost-effectiveness analysis showed that bridge to transplant (BTT) with early design left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) for advanced heart failure was more expensive than medical management while appearing less beneficial ...
Pulikottil-Jacob, R, Banner, NR, Pulikottil-Jacob, Ruth, Clarke, A, Sutcliffe, P, Connock, Martin, Suri, G., Suri, Gaurav, Connock, M, Sutcliffe, Paul, Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin, Maheswaran, H, Kandala, N-B, Connock, M., Sutcliffe, P. (Paul), Suri, G, Banner, Nicholas R., Maheswaran, Hendramoorthy, Clarke, Aileen, Banner, Nicholas R   +19 more
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LVAD pannus complicating destination therapy

Human Pathology: Case Reports, 2017
Despite advances in technology, ventricular assist devices still experience a number of complications limiting their long-term use. We present a 73-year-old woman implanted with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) five years prior due to end-stage ...
Maya Ignaszewski, Margaret Robin B. Cases, Davide Salina, Elizabeth Swiggum, Anson Cheung, Andrew P. Ignaszewski, Michael A. Seidman   +6 more
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Percutaneous Decommissioning 11 Years After Initial CF-LVAD Placement

JACC: Case Reports, 2022
An 80-year-old man with severe nonischemic cardiomyopathy status post left ventricular assist device (LVAD) placement 11 years prior presented for recurrent LVAD alarms from internal driveline fracture.
Max Ruge, MD, Stefanie Marek-Iannucci, MD, PhD, H. Todd Massey, MD, Nicholas J. Ruggiero, MD, John Lawrence, MD, Praveen Mehrotra, MD, J. Eduardo Rame, MD, Rene Alvarez, MD, Indranee Rajapreyar, MD, Yevgeniy Brailovsky, DO   +9 more
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