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Ventricular Assist Device Therapy [PDF]
Cardiovascular Therapeutics, 2009 Ventricular assist devices are an important therapeutic option for advanced congestive heart failure. A left ventricular assist device (LVAD) can be implanted as a bridge to transplantation or for the purpose of destination therapy. LVADs improve end‐organ function and reduce morbidity and mortality in appropriately selected patients.
Gabriel, Sayer +2 more
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Left Ventricular Assist Device-Related Complications
Journal of Cardiovascular Emergencies, 2020 Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) has emerged as a safe, durable, and revolutionary therapy for end-stage heart failure patients. Despite the appearance of newer-generation devices that have improved patient outcomes, the burden of adverse events ...
Clement Alexandra +3 more
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IEEE Access, 2020 Hydraulic performance of Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices depends on their pressure head and flow rate relations. Hydraulic characteristics of these devices are expressed by pressure head and flow rate loops in a pulsatile environment as ...
Selim Bozkurt
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020 Background Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a complex syndrome associated with high morbidity and mortality. In recent years, many US hospitals have formed multidisciplinary shock teams capable of rapid diagnosis and triage. Because of preexisting collaborative
Joseph I. Wang +10 more
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Korean Journal of Transplantation, 2023 Heart transplantation (HTPL) has been established as the gold-standard surgical treatment for end-stage heart failure. However, the use of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) as a bridge to HTPL has been increasing due to the limited availability of ...
Suk Ho Sohn +3 more
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Ventricular assist device for Fontan: who, when and why? [PDF]
, 2021 PURPOSE OF REVIEW Since the advent of the Fontan palliation, survival of patients with univentricular congenital heart disease has increased significantly.
Kaiser, Heiko A. +13 more
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Blood Damage in Ventricular Assist Devices [PDF]
The International Journal of Artificial Organs, 2016 Advancements in both the design of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) and medical care for recipients have led to steady improvements in patient survival over the last decades. Indeed, current generations of ventricular assist devices (VADs), for example, provide important therapeutic alternatives for individuals with heart failure that may be ...
Simmonds, M, Thamsen, B, Kertzscher, U
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Methodological Study of Reliability Test of Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device
Zhongguo yiliao qixie zazhiPrior to clinical application, reliability of percutaneous ventricular assist devices(pVAD) requires to be tested systematically. Currently, there's a lack of dedicated reliability testing equipment and methodologies for pVAD.
Xun LIU +3 more
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Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Implantation and Renal Dysfunction [PDF]
Ķazaķstannyṇ Klinikalyķ Medicinasy, 2018 Pathophysiological, pathomorphological and functional changes in the kidneys after left ventricular assist device implantation have not yet been fully understood and represent an actual problem of our time.
Assem Nogaibayeva +2 more
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, 2022 BACKGROUND: The surgical approach for the treatment of a left ventricular assist device with severe infection may be controversial. MATERIAL & METHODS: We present the case of a patient implanted with a HeartWare™ HVAD as a bridge to transplant and ...
Eixerés‐Esteve, Andrea +7 more
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