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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
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Long-term use of a left ventricular assist device for end-stage heart failure.
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
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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
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Advanced heart failure treated with continuous-flow left ventricular assist device.
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
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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
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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
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In Full Flow: Left Ventricular Assist Device Infections in the Modern Era
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
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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]
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
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Editorial: Management of right ventricular failure: pathophysiology, medical treatment and use of ventricular assist devices [PDF]
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
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Transapical miniaturized ventricular assist device: Design and initial testing [PDF]
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
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