An Advanced Physiological Control Algorithm for Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Applied System Innovation, 2023 Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) technology requires developing and implementing intelligent control systems to optimize pump speed to achieve physiological metabolic demands for heart failure (HF) patients.
Mohsen Bakouri
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Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Primer For the General Cardiologist
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022 Durable implantable left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have been shown to improve survival and quality of life for patients with stage D heart failure.
Sunit‐Preet Chaudhry +11 more
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Implications of Transitional Care Interventions on Hospital Readmissions in Patients With Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Devices [PDF]
, 2019 Background: The rising number of patients with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) require care management to successfully transition home after implantation. These patients and their families need to manage their heart failure, and the complexities
Hirschman, Karen +3 more
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Understanding Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Blood Purification, 2018 <b><i>Background/Aims:</i></b> Long-term mechanical assist devices are now commonly used in the treatment of severe heart failure to unload the failing ventricle, maintain sufficient end-organ perfusion and improve functional capacity.
Aissaoui, Nadia (Dr. rer. nat.) +8 more
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Perioperative management of left ventricular assist devices
Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2016 The use of mechanical circulatory support for patients with severe heart failure is on the rist. The poeoperative, intraoperative and postoperative challenges the anaesthesiologists skills. These are discussed in this review.
O P Sanjay
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A fully magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device — final report [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 2019 Ewald, G.A., Itoh, A.
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Giant cell myocarditis masquerading as orbital myositis with a rapid, fulminant course necessitating mechanical support and heart transplantation. [PDF]
, 2017 Giant cell myocarditis (GCM), a rapidly progressive inflammation of the myocardium, is associated with fulminant heart failure, refractory ventricular arrhythmias, and conduction system abnormalities.
Aksoy, Olcay +5 more
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Left Ventricular Assist Devices [PDF]
Health Affairs, 2015 Kory Lavine, Susan Joseph
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Ethical challenges with the left ventricular assist device as a destination therapy
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 2008 The left ventricular assist device was originally designed to be surgically implanted as a bridge to transplantation for patients with chronic end-stage heart failure.
Rady Mohamed Y +3 more
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Relationship between device acceptance and patient-reported outcomes in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) recipients [PDF]
, 2019 The number of Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) implanted each year is rising. Nevertheless, there are minimal data on device acceptance after LVAD implant, and on its relationship with patient-reported outcomes. We designed a cross-sectional study
Adamo, Luigi +7 more
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