A giant mystery in giant cell myocarditis: navigating diagnosis, immunosuppression, and mechanical circulatory support. [PDF]
, 2020 Giant cell myocarditis is a rare but often devastating diagnosis. Advances in cardiac imaging and mechanical circulatory support have led to earlier and more frequent diagnoses and successful management. This disease state has wide variation in acuity of
Dunn, Steven P +3 more
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Jacobsen Syndrome with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Outcome after Cardiac Transplantation
Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2022 Jacobsen syndrome (JS) is a rare syndrome caused by a deletion of chromosome 11q. We report a patient with JS and hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) who required cardiac transplantation.
Federica Ferrigno +3 more
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Acute Biventricular Mechanical Circulatory Support for Cardiogenic Shock
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2017 BackgroundBiventricular failure is associated with high in‐hospital mortality. Limited data regarding the efficacy of biventricular Impella axial flow catheters (BiPella) support for biventricular failure exist.
Sudeep Kuchibhotla +12 more
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Ex-vivo recruitment and x-ray assessment of donor lungs in a challenging retrieval from a donor supported by lvad using the portable normothermic perfusion system: A case report [PDF]
, 2017 Lung transplantation (LTx) is limited by the shortage of suitable donors. To overcome this problem, many programs have begun to use donors with extended criteria (marginal donors).
Calabrese, Fiorella +7 more
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Single Lung Retransplantation for Graft Infarction due to Herniation of Heart
The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports, 2013 A young woman with terminal respiratory failure due to idiopathic pulmonary hypertension underwent bilateral lung transplantation. The postoperative course was complicated by herniation of the heart through over the cut pericardial edge on left side ...
Prashant N. Mohite +4 more
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Durable Continuous-Flow Mechanical Circulatory Support
Hearts, 2023 The prevalence of heart failure in the UK is 1 in 35 people aged from 65 to 74 and 1 in 15 people aged from 75 to 84 [...]
John Pepper
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Ventricular assist device implantation in the elderly [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Dramatic advances in ventricular assist device (VAD) design and patient management have made mechanical circulatory support an attractive therapeutic option for the growing pool of elderly heart failure patients.
Boyd, Jack H. +2 more
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Current state-of-the-art of device therapy for advanced heart failure [PDF]
, 2014 Heart failure remains one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The advent of mechanical circulatory support devices has allowed significant improvements in patient survival and quality of life for those with advanced or end ...
Lee, Lawrence S., Shekar, Prem S.
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ESC Heart Failure, 2021 Aims Remote patient monitoring (RPM) in the management of heart failure (HF), including telemonitoring, thoracic impedance, implantable pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) monitors, and cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED)‐based sensors, has had ...
Bryana N. Baginski +6 more
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Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2013 Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in the pediatric heart failure population has a limited history especially for infants, and neonates. It has been increasingly recognized that there is a rapidly expanding population of children diagnosed and living with heart failure.
Wilmot, Ivan +2 more
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