Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2016 A growing number of patients are undergoing prolonged management of advanced heart failure with the use of continuous flow left ventricular assist devices (LVADs).
Beth T Webber +2 more
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Physiologic Data-Driven Iterative Learning Control for Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 Continuous flow ventricular assist devices (cfVADs) constitute a viable and increasingly used therapy for end-stage heart failure patients. However, they are still operating at a fixed-speed mode that precludes physiological cfVAD response and it is ...
Konstantinos Magkoutas +3 more
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Mechanical Circulatory Support for Right Ventricular Failure
Cardiac Failure Review, 2022 Right ventricular (RV) failure is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, with in-hospital mortality rates estimated as high as 70–75%. RV failure may occur following cardiac surgery in conjunction with left ventricular failure, or may be ...
Ersilia M DeFilippis +5 more
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Echocardiography in left ventricular assist device
Heart Views, 2010 LVAD = Left Ventricular Assist Device; LV = Left Ventricle; LA = Left Atrium; AO = Aorta.
Sherif M Helmy +2 more
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Heart Failure Anticoagulation Teach-Back Education and Readmissions [PDF]
, 2020 : Heart failure affects millions of Americans each year. Treatment of advanced heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and left ventricular failure is sometimes treated with implantation of a left-ventricular assist device.
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Predicting Bleeding and Thrombosis Complications in Patients with Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy has been proven to relieve heart failure symptoms and improve survival, but is not devoid of bleeding and/or thrombotic complications.
Cook, Aaron +6 more
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Risk Assessment and Comparative Effectiveness of Left Ventricular Assist Device and Medical Management in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients The ROADMAP Study 2-Year Results [PDF]
, 2017 OBJECTIVES The authors sought to provide the pre-specified primary endpoint of the ROADMAP (Risk Assessment and Comparative Effectiveness of Left Ventricular Assist Device and Medical Management in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients) trial at 2 years ...
Boyle, Andrew J. +15 more
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Current Trends in Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Cardiology Research and Practice, 2011 The shortage of appropriate donor organs and the expanding pool of patients waiting for heart transplantation have led to growing interest in alternative strategies, particularly in mechanical circulatory support.
Jens Garbade +3 more
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An Up-to-Date Literature Review on Ventricular Assist Devices Experience in Pediatric Hearts
Life, 2022 Ventricular assist devices (VAD) have gained popularity in the pediatric population during recent years, as more and more children require a heart transplant due to improved palliation methods, allowing congenital heart defect patients and children with ...
Ștefana Maria Moisă +10 more
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Implication of Hemodynamic Assessment during Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Support
Medicina, 2020 Durable left ventricular assist device therapy has improved survival in patients with advanced heart failure refractory to conventional medical therapy, although the readmission rates due to device-related comorbidities remain high.
Teruhiko Imamura, Nikhil Narang
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