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Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) enables survival during 7 h of sustained ventricular fibrillation [PDF]

, 2004
We describe the case of a patient implanted with a DeBakey left ventricular assist device (LVAD) as bridge to transplant who survived 7 h of ventricular fibrillation.
Salzberg, Sacha P, Lachat, Mario L, Zünd, Gregor, Turina, Marko I   +3 more
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Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Infections: A Single Center Experience

Graduate Medical Education Research Journal, 2019
Mentor: Uriel Sadkovsky Program: Infectious Disease Background: Infectious complications play a major role in morbidity LVAD implantation. We report the incidence of LVAD infections at our institution over 1-year period.
Rajendra Karnatak, Uriel Sadkovsky
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Lawn Mower Versus Left Ventricular Assist Device

JACC: Case Reports, 2020
A 77-year-old man with history of ischemic cardiomyopathy and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) presented with abdominal pain after a lawn mower accident.
Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH, Marat Fudim, MD, MHS, Andrew Griffin, MD, Jennifer A. Rymer, MD, MBA, W. Schuyler Jones, MD, Lynne M.H. Koweek, MD, Tony P. Smith, MD, Daniele Marin, MD, Adam D. DeVore, MD, MHS   +8 more
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Testicular pure seminoma in a septuagenarian with a left-ventricular assist device

Urology Case Reports, 2021
The left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is an implanted mechanical pump that supports circulatory function for patients with advanced heart failure.
Jacob Gaines, Paul Saunders, Ron Kaleya, Omar Azar, Ariel Schulman   +4 more
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Primary prevention of early postoperative right ventricular failure: clinical experience with the use of levosimendan before implantation of a left ventricular assist device

Клинический разбор в общей медицине
Early right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation is one of the main causes of a worse postoperative prognosis. The problem of de novo right ventricular failure requires the search for methods of primary prevention ...
Kamil G. Ganaev, Oleg Yu. Narusov, Zhanna A. Shahramanova, Anatoliy G. Dragnev, Elina E. Vlasovа, Elena V. Dzybinskaya, Sergey N. Tereshchenko, Andrey A. Shiryaev, Renat S. Akchurin   +8 more
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Synchrony relationships between the left ventricle and a left ventricular assist device: an experimental study in pigs

, 2012
Background: Synchronization between the left ventricle and a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) may be important for ventricular unloading and coronary perfusion.
Otero, Javier, Cañizo López, Juan Francisco Del, Heredero, Ángeles, Rodríguez Martínez, Daniel, PérezCaballero, Ramón, Quintana Villamandos, María Begoña, Rodríguez Bernal, Guillermo Juan, González Pinto, Ángel Tomás, Ruiz Fernández, Manuel   +8 more
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Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm as a complication of LVAD explant

Radiology Case Reports
Left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysms are a rare disease entity associated with a multitude of etiologies. We describe the radiographic findings of an LV pseudoaneurysm arising as a complication of a leaking left ventricular assist device (LVAD) closure ...
Mohanad Kurdi, MD, Latika Baranga, MBBS, Rohindeep Singh, DO, Jinel Scott, MD   +3 more
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Left Ventricular Recovery with Explantation of Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device after 5 Years of Support [PDF]

, 2021
Mechanical circulatory support may result in sufficient myocardial recovery to allow for explantation of the left ventricular assist device (LVAD). The duration of support associated with left ventricular recovery has generally been 6-12 months.
Kawabori, Masashi, Kurihara, Chitaru, Sugiura, Tadahisa, Civitello, Andrew B, Morgan, Jeffrey A, Critsinelis, Andre   +5 more
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Rapid progression of carotid artery atherosclerosis and stenosis in a patient with a ventricular assist device

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2016
This case describes the management of cerebrovascular disease in a patient with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) who was awaiting cardiac transplantation.
James A. Saltsman, III, MD, MPH, Reid A. Ravin, MD, Peter L. Faries, MD, Rami Tadros, MD   +3 more
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Impella RP as a bridge to cardiac transplant for refractory late right ventricular failure in setting of left ventricular assist device

ESC Heart Failure, 2020
Right ventricular (RV) failure remains a major complication after surgical implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). While the use of a percutaneous RV assist device has been described as a short‐term bridge to recovery in end‐stage heart ...
Varinder Kaur Randhawa, Karlee Hoffman, Ashley Bock, Pavan Bhat, Laura Young, Jeffrey Rossi, Joseph Campbell, Corrine Bott‐Silverman, Edward G. Soltesz, Michael Z.Y. Tong, Shinya Unai, Ravi Nair, Jerry D. Estep, Antonio L. Perez   +13 more
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