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Ventricular Tachycardia in the Era of Ventricular Assist Devices

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 2010
Sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) in patients with advanced cardiomyopathy is a potentially life-threatening arrhythmia. Newer treatment strategies have evolved that combine the use of catheter ablation to target the substrate for VT and ventricular assist devices (VADs) to hemodynamically support the failing ventricle.
David A, Cesario, Leslie A, Saxon, Michael K, Cao, Michael, Bowdish, Mark, Cunningham   +4 more
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Are Ventricular Assist Devices Underutilized?

Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 2010
A dramatic shift in the durability and reliability of ventricular assist device (VAD) therapy is taking hold due to the newer generations of continuous flow VADs that are either in clinical trials or under consideration by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for commercial approval. To expand the pool of potential mechanical circulatory support (MCS)
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Ventricular Assistance Devices as Bridge to Transplantation

Heart Failure Clinics, 2014
The authors herein review the rationale and indications for the use of ventricular assistance devices as a bridge to heart transplantation and discuss the current evidence on the subject. The potential effects of device implantation on posttransplant outcomes and the therapeutic strategies in acute and elective cases are revised and illustrated.
Gaudino, Mario Fulvio Luigi, Farina, Piero, Bernazzali, S, Bruno, Piergiorgio, Colizzi, Christian, Sani, G, Massetti, Massimo   +6 more
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Hydrodynamic Characterisation of Ventricular Assist Devices

The International Journal of Artificial Organs, 2001
A new mock circulatory system (MCS) was designed to evaluate and characterise the hydraulic performance of ventricular assist devices (VADs). The MCS consists of a preload section and a multipurpose afterload section, with an adjustable compliance chamber (C) and peripheral resistor (R p ) as
Vandenberghe, S, Segers, P, Meyns, B, Verdonck, P   +3 more
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An Algorithm For Ventricular Assist Devices

Dimensions Of Critical Care Nursing, 1990
The use of ventricular assist devices (VADs) is becoming more common in cardiac surgery centers as the indications for application of these devices are expanding. Nurses caring for cardiovascular patients need to become familiar with the current clinical criteria used in VAD application.
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Left ventricular assist devices

Heart, 2009
Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) insertion in patients with advanced heart failure with deteriorating clinical status is life saving, and LVADs are now being inserted into an increasing number of patients with advanced heart failure. They were initially inserted as a bridge to transplantation, and the decreased availability of donor hearts means ...
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Ventricular Assist Device Infections

Cardiology Clinics, 2018
This article reviews the diagnostic criteria for ventricular assist device (VAD) infection, pathogenesis, and microbiology as well as the diagnostic pathway when patients present with signs and symptoms concerning for VAD infection. Recommendations regarding infection prevention and management are reviewed as well.
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Ventricular Assist Device

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine, 2012
Andrew Davenport, Todd W. Costantini, Raul Coimbra, Marc M. Sedwitz, A. Brent Eastman, David V. Feliciano, David V. Feliciano, David V. Feliciano, Thomas H. Cogbill, Jeremy Cordingley, Daryl Jones, Rinaldo Bellomo, Daryl Jones, Rinaldo Bellomo, Rinaldo Bellomo, Li Wan, Clive May, Anthony Gordon, Frank Bloos, Konrad Reinhart, Dean Hess, Andrew M. Morris, David Bacon, Barbara J. Philips, Alain Combes, Antoine Vieillard-Baron, Kiarash Shahlaie, J. Paul Muizelaar, Christoph K. Hofer, Andreas Zollinger, Charles-Edouard Luyt, Stuart L. Goldstein, David Osman, Xavier Monnet, Jean-Louis Teboul   +34 more
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Ventricular Assist Devices

1995
Extracardiac blood pumps may be used to allow temporary circulatory support in circumstances in which the pumping function of the heart is inadequate. Because of the complexity of these devices, the complications associated with their use, and cost considerations, all pharmacologic avenues of myocardial and circulatory support, as well as the ...
Bradley L. Bufkin, Robert A. Guyton
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Ventricular Assist Devices

2019
Abstract Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have found increasing use since their initial approval in 1994. They can be used as bridge therapy to heart transplantation or as destination therapy for patients in whom transplants are not possible.
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