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Association of Clinical Outcomes With Left Ventricular Assist Device Use by Bridge to Transplant or Destination Therapy Intent

open access: yesJAMA cardiology, 2020
Key Points Question In patients with advanced heart failure, do outcomes with left ventricular assist device implantation differ by the initial intended goal of therapy as a bridge to transplant or destination therapy?
D. Goldstein   +18 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Long-term use of a left ventricular assist device for end-stage heart failure.

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2001
BACKGROUND Implantable left ventricular assist devices have benefited patients with end-stage heart failure as a bridge to cardiac transplantation, but their long-term use for the purpose of enhancing survival and the quality of life has not been ...
E. A. Rose   +20 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Predicting the Risk of Right Ventricular Failure in Patients Undergoing Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

open access: yesCirculation: Heart Failure, 2020
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background: Right ventricular failure (RVF) is a cause of major morbidity and mortality after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation.
C. Frankfurter   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Advanced heart failure treated with continuous-flow left ventricular assist device.

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2009
BACKGROUND Patients with advanced heart failure have improved survival rates and quality of life when treated with implanted pulsatile-flow left ventricular assist devices as compared with medical therapy.
Mark S Slaughter   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An Increasing Burden of Disease: Emergency Department Visits Among Patients With Ventricular Assist Devices From 2010 to 2017

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background With a growing population of patients supported by ventricular assist devices (VADs) and the improvement in survival of this patient population, understanding the healthcare system burden is critical to improving outcomes.
Jonathan B. Edelson   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

Novel percutaneous dual-lumen cannula-based right ventricular assist device provides effective support for refractory right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist device implantation.

open access: yesInteractive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2020
OBJECTIVES Right heart failure after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. A new generation of percutaneous right ventricular assist devices (RVADs) may mitigate the need for invasive ...
M. Salna   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

In Full Flow: Left Ventricular Assist Device Infections in the Modern Era

open access: yesOpen Forum Infectious Diseases, 2020
With the rising prevalence of heart disease in the United States, there is increasing reliance on durable mechanical circulatory support (MCS) to treat patients with end-stage heart failure.
R. Zinoviev   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Usefulness of regional right ventricular and right atrial strain for prediction of early and late right ventricular failure following a left ventricular assist device implant: A machine learning approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background: Identifying candidates for left ventricular assist device surgery at risk of right ventricular failure remains difficult. The aim was to identify the most accurate predictors of right ventricular failure among clinical, biological, and ...
Agnese V.   +14 more
core   +1 more source

Editorial: Management of right ventricular failure: pathophysiology, medical treatment and use of ventricular assist devices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Left ventricular assist device; Advanced heart failure; Right ventricular failureDispositiu d'assistència ventricular esquerre; Insuficiència cardíaca avançada; Insuficiència del ventricle dretDispositivo de asistencia ventricular izquierda ...
Barrabés, José A.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Transapical miniaturized ventricular assist device: Design and initial testing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
BackgroundLeft ventricular assist devices are increasingly used to treat patients with advanced and otherwise refractory heart failure as bridge to transplant or destination therapy.
Giridharan, Guruprasad A.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

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