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Rehabilitation in children with ventricular assist devices [PDF]

JHLT Open
Ventricular assist devices play a critical role in the management of end-stage heart failure, with a significant increase in their utilization in children over the past 20 years.
Matthew J. O’Connor
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Hemostatic complications associated with ventricular assist devices

Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2019
Hemostatic complications are common in patients with ventricular assist devices. The pathophysiologic mechanisms that lead to dysregulated hemostasis involve complex interactions between device surface, sheer stress, and blood flow. These factors lead to
Talal Hilal, James Mudd, Thomas G. DeLoughery   +2 more
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The Inflammatory Response to Ventricular Assist Devices

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
The therapeutic use of ventricular assist devices (VADs) for end-stage heart failure (HF) patients who are ineligible for transplant has increased steadily in the last decade.
Gemma Radley, Gemma Radley, Ina Laura Pieper, Ina Laura Pieper, Sabrina Ali, Farah Bhatti, Catherine A. Thornton   +6 more
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Pediatric ventricular assist devices: current challenges and future prospects

Vascular Health and Risk Management, 2017
Sarah Burki,1,2 Iki Adachi1,2 1Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, 2Department of Surgery and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA Abstract: The field of mechanical circulatory support has made great
Burki S, Adachi I
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Structural Heart Interventions in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices [PDF]

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine
Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have changed the landscape for patients with advanced heart failure (HF). With advances in pump design and management, patients with LVADs are living longer with improved quality of life despite having more ...
Puvi Seshiah, Eugene Chung, Santiago Garcia, Joseph Choo, Robert Dowling, Geoffrey Answini, Dean Kereiakes, Gregory Egnaczyk   +7 more
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Five-Year Outcomes in Patients With Fully Magnetically Levitated vs Axial-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices in the MOMENTUM 3 Randomized Trial.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2022
Importance Although durable left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy has emerged as an important treatment option for patients with advanced heart failure refractory to pharmacological support, outcomes, including survival, beyond 2 years remain ...
M. Mehra, D. Goldstein, J. Cleveland, J. Cowger, Shelley Hall, C. Salerno, Y. Naka, D. Horstmanshof, J. Chuang, Aijia Wang, N. Uriel   +10 more
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Blood perfusion through ventricular assist devices induces erythrocytes to interact with leukocytes. [PDF]

Biochem Biophys Rep
Foster KM, El Banayosy AM, Azartash-Namin Z, Coghill P, Long JW, O'Rear E, Setiadi H.   +6 more
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Joint EAPCI/ACVC expert consensus document on percutaneous ventricular assist devices.

EuroIntervention, 2021
There has been a significant increase in the use of short-term percutaneous ventricular assist devices (pVADs) as acute circulatory support in cardiogenic shock and to provide haemodynamic support during interventional procedures, including high-risk ...
A. Chieffo, D. Dudek, C. Hassager, A. Combes, M. Gramegna, S. Halvorsen, K. Huber, V. Kunadian, J. Malý, J. Møller, F. Pappalardo, G. Tarantini, G. Tavazzi, H. Thiele, Christophe Vandenbriele, Nicolas M. van Mieghem, P. Vranckx, N. Werner, S. Price   +18 more
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Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Primer For the General Cardiologist

Journal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Durable implantable left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have been shown to improve survival and quality of life for patients with stage D heart failure.
S. Chaudhry, A. DeVore, H. Vidula, M. Nassif, K. Mudy, E. Birati, T. Gong, P. Atluri, D. Pham, Benjamin Sun, A. Bansal, S. Najjar   +11 more
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Reverse Remodeling With Left Ventricular Assist Devices.

Circulation Research, 2021
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the past 25+ years of research into the development of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) to improve clinical outcomes in patients with severe end-stage heart failure and basic insights gained into the ...
D. Burkhoff, V. Topkara, G. Sayer, N. Uriel   +3 more
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