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Mechanical circulatory support in the UK [PDF]

BMJ, 2007
In June the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published welcome but bewildering guidelines for short term circulatory support with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) as a bridge to cardiac transplantation or recovery.1 Welcome because the guidelines will support funding of these devices but bewildering because few, if ...
Philip A. Poole-Wilson, Stephen Westaby
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Cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with mild heart failure is a reversal therapy

Indian Heart Journal, 2017
This systematic review with meta-analysis sought to determine the efficacy, safety of implantation of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in mild heart failure (HF).
Sadegh Ali-Hassan-Sayegh, Seyed Jalil Mirhosseini, Ali Akbar Karimi-Bondarabadi, Azadeh Sahidzadeh, Parisa Mahdavi, Mahbube Tahernejad, Safieyehsadat Heydari, Alexander Weymann, Mohamed Zeriouh, Anton Sabashnikov, Aron-Frederik Popov   +10 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, Veli K Topkara, Ajay J Kirtane, Koji Takeda, Yoshifumi Naka, A Reshad Garan   +5 more
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Peripartum Cardiogenic Shock and Mechanical Circulatory Support

Interventional Cardiology: Reviews, Research, Resources, 2023
Despite remarkable improvements in the past two decades, the annual cardiovascular mortality rate has remained higher for women than for men. Pregnant women represent an underinvestigated population in clinical research, and the mechanisms of long-term ...
Giulia Botti, Sharmaine Thirunavukarasu, Francesca Ziviello, Alaide Chieffo   +3 more
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The impact of peripheral arterial disease on patients with mechanical circulatory support. [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) are indicated as bridging or destination therapy for patients with advanced (Stage D) heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Due to the clustering of the mutual risk factors, HFrEF patients
Ajmal, Rasikh, Al-Khadra, Yasser, Alraies, M Chadi, Asfour, Abedelrahim, Darmoch, Fahed, Gardi, Delair, Glazier, James, Mir, Tanveer, Moussa-Pacha, Homam, Sattar, Yasar, Ullah, Waqas   +10 more
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Surgical embolectomy for acute massive pulmonary embolism: state of the art [PDF]

, 2018
Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) is a severe condition that can potentially lead to death caused by right ventricular (RV) failure and the consequent cardiogenic shock.
De Bellis, Antonio, D’Abramo, Mizar, Frati, Giacomo, Greco, Ernesto, Iaccarino, Alessandra, Iovine, Elio, Saade, Wael, Schirone, Leonardo, Sciarretta, Sebastiano   +8 more
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Advanced Heart Failure: Therapeutic Options and Challenges in the Evolving Field of Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
Heart Failure is a chronic and progressively deteriorating syndrome that has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. Improved outcomes have been achieved with novel drugs and devices.
Michael Antonopoulos, Michael J. Bonios, Stavros Dimopoulos, Evangelos Leontiadis, Aggeliki Gouziouta, Nektarios Kogerakis, Antigone Koliopoulou, Dimitris Elaiopoulos, Ioannis Vlahodimitris, Maria Chronaki, Themistocles Chamogeorgakis, Stavros G. Drakos, Stamatis Adamopoulos   +12 more
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Cutting the Cord: A Case of Late Presenting Driveline Infection [PDF]

, 2020
Ventricular assist device (VAD) related infection, specifically driveline infection, is a common complication after VAD implantation. A 45-year old patient with a delayed skin infection at the site of the original driveline nearly one year after VAD ...
Eyadiel, Lauren, Laughey, Brian, Pisani, Barbara   +2 more
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy: diagnosis and management [PDF]

, 2017
No abstract ...
Coats, Caroline J., Dalzell, Jonathan R., Jackson, Alice M., Jhund, Pardeep S., Petrie, Mark C., Walker, Niki L.   +5 more
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Women in mechanical circulatory support: She persisted!

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
Many women physicians have blazed trails and played instrumental roles in advancing the field of Advanced Heart Failure (AHF), Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS), and cardiac transplantation to its current recognition and glory.
Kelley N. Benck, Fatima A. Khan, Mrudula R. Munagala   +2 more
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