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Cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation for patients with ventricular assist device From exercise therapy to long-term therapy Part I: exercise therapy

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2015
In the present context of an aging population, limited donor heart availability, improved reliability of mechanical cardiac support and improved patient outcomes, ventricular assist device (VAD) options to support end-stage heart failure patients are ...
Ugo Corrà, Massimo Pistono, Alessandro Mezzani, Marco Gnemmi, Franco Tarro Genta, Roberto Caruso, Pantaleo Giannuzzi   +6 more
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Hemolysis in a continuous-flow ventricular assist device with/without chamfer

Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2017
Ventricular assist device has been increasingly used in the treatment of end-stage heart failure, with a high incidence of hemolysis in clinical use, which is a serious problem to be solved.
Donghai Li, Qingyu Wu, Jingjing Ji, Shuhong Liu, Mingkui Zhang, Yu Zhang   +5 more
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Costs Associated With Recurrent Epistaxis in a Patient With a Ventricular Assist Device

Graduate Medical Education Research Journal, 2020
Mucosal bleeding is a well-known complication of having a ventricular assist device and commonly presents with epistaxis. Although the frequency of epistaxis as a complication in patients with a ventricular assist device has been documented in the ...
Eric T. Rohe, Evan M. Ryan, Jayme R. Dowdall, Dwight T. Jones   +3 more
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Intensive care experiences of patients with implanted left ventricular assist devices: a qualitative study

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Background Patients with left ventricular assist device implants experience unique physical, emotional, and psychosocial experiences during their intensive care unit period.
Nihal Celikturk Doruker
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LVAD pannus complicating destination therapy

Human Pathology: Case Reports, 2017
Despite advances in technology, ventricular assist devices still experience a number of complications limiting their long-term use. We present a 73-year-old woman implanted with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) five years prior due to end-stage ...
Maya Ignaszewski, Margaret Robin B. Cases, Davide Salina, Elizabeth Swiggum, Anson Cheung, Andrew P. Ignaszewski, Michael A. Seidman   +6 more
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Recent Developments in Ventricular Assist Device Therapy

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine
The evolution of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) from large, pulsatile systems to compact, continuous-flow pumps has significantly improved implantation outcomes and patient mobility. Minimally invasive surgical techniques have emerged that offer
Angel Moctezuma-Ramirez, Haseeb Mohammed, Austin Hughes, Abdelmotagaly Elgalad   +3 more
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Ventricular assist devices in pediatrics.

Images in paediatric cardiology, 2001
The implantation of a mechanical circulatory device for end-stage ventricular failure is a possible therapeutic approach in adult and pediatric cardiac surgery and cardiology. The aim of this article is to present mechanical circulatory assist devices used in infants and children with special emphasis on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, Berlin ...
Fuchs, Alexandra, Netz, Heinrich
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Stroke in pediatric ventricular assist device support

JHLT Open
Stroke continues to be one of the most significant hemocompatibility related adverse event in pediatric ventricular assist device support. Tremendous gains have been made in reducing the incidence of stroke across all ages, diagnoses and device types ...
Christina VanderPluym, MD, Ryan Kobayashi, MD, Michael Rivkin, MD   +2 more
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Critical Care Transthoracic Echocardiography

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2014
A 70-year-old man with end-stage heart failure and a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device received repeated electrical discharges from his biventricular implantable cardiac defibrillator.
Peter Mark Schulman MD, Jill M. Gelow MD, Matthias J. Merkel MD, PhD, James O. Mudd MD, Kevin Wei MD, Michael P. Hutchens MD, MA   +5 more
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Ventricular Arrhythmia in the Left Ventricular Assist Device Patient

JACC: Case Reports, 2021
Peter Hanna, MD, Jason S. Bradfield, MD
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