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Left Ventricular Assist Devices
2005Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have become the standard of care for potential heart transplant patients with life-threatening heart failure refractory to medical therapy. Significant advances in both the technology and the clinical experience have taken place.
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Fungal left ventricular assist device endocarditis
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2001Infection remains as the most serious complication and represents a significant threat to patients during long-term mechanical circulatory support. Fungal infection is a particularly worrisome complication and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) endocarditis does pose a serious threat.One hundred and sixty-five patients underwent TCI Heartmate LVAD ...
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Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
Circulation, 2019Ventricular 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 ...
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Left Ventricular Assist Device–Associated Infections
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2012The left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a mechanical pump that supplements or replaces the function of a damaged left ventricle. Although LVAD support is associated with improved survival and quality of life, infectious complications remain a major limitation.
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CT of Left Ventricular Assist Devices
RadioGraphics, 2010Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have become an increasingly beneficial option for patients with heart failure, especially in light of the insufficient availability of donor hearts. LVADs have been used effectively in end-stage heart failure as a bridge to heart transplantation, as destination therapy for those ineligible for transplantation, or
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Left Ventricular Assist Device.
Surgical technology internationalLeft ventricular assist device (LVADs) have been used with increasing frequency since the late 1980s. Technology has improved these devices to make them less thrombogenic and has decreased their size to allow greater application. By definition, the LVAD only assists or supports the pumping function of the left ventricle, unlike cardiopulmonary bypass ...
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Left Ventricular Assist Device
ACSM'S Health & Fitness Journal, 2023Paul Sorace +2 more
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Aspergillus left ventricular assist device endocarditis.
Italian heart journal : official journal of the Italian Federation of Cardiology, 2004Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support is an established therapy for patients with end-stage heart failure as a bridge to transplant; its usage as an alternative for those patients not eligible for transplant is not an established therapy yet. A 68-year-old male had a Thoratec-Heartmate LVAD implanted as destination therapy. After an uneventful (
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Left Ventricular Assist Devices
1995Over the last three decades, remarkable medical developments have changed the outcome of most cardiac diseases. In the 1960’s, the advent of Coronary Care Units afforded patients the kind of monitoring and intervention that helped assure survival after a myocardial infarction. In 1966 the first coronary artery bypass grafting was performed.
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