Implications of Transitional Care Interventions on Hospital Readmissions in Patients With Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Devices [PDF]
Background: The rising number of patients with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) require care management to successfully transition home after implantation. These patients and their families need to manage their heart failure, and the complexities
Hirschman, Karen +3 more
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Ethical challenges with the left ventricular assist device as a destination therapy
The left ventricular assist device was originally designed to be surgically implanted as a bridge to transplantation for patients with chronic end-stage heart failure.
Rady Mohamed Y +3 more
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Giant cell myocarditis masquerading as orbital myositis with a rapid, fulminant course necessitating mechanical support and heart transplantation. [PDF]
Giant cell myocarditis (GCM), a rapidly progressive inflammation of the myocardium, is associated with fulminant heart failure, refractory ventricular arrhythmias, and conduction system abnormalities.
Aksoy, Olcay +5 more
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The Inflammatory Response to Ventricular Assist Devices
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 +6 more
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Perioperative management of left ventricular assist devices
The use of mechanical circulatory support for patients with severe heart failure is on the rist. The poeoperative, intraoperative and postoperative challenges the anaesthesiologists skills. These are discussed in this review.
O P Sanjay
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Long-term ventricular assist devices in current clinical practice [PDF]
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Velicki Lazar, Frazier O.H.
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Heart Failure Anticoagulation Teach-Back Education and Readmissions [PDF]
: Heart failure affects millions of Americans each year. Treatment of advanced heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and left ventricular failure is sometimes treated with implantation of a left-ventricular assist device.
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Initial experience with the left ventricular assist device TransCoreTM [PDF]
Cardiogenic shock is a condition associated to high mortality rates. For decades, the treatment consisted of vasoactive drugs and intra-aortic balloon pump.
Alves, Claudia Maria Rodrigues +3 more
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Risk Assessment and Comparative Effectiveness of Left Ventricular Assist Device and Medical Management in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients The ROADMAP Study 2-Year Results [PDF]
OBJECTIVES The authors sought to provide the pre-specified primary endpoint of the ROADMAP (Risk Assessment and Comparative Effectiveness of Left Ventricular Assist Device and Medical Management in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients) trial at 2 years ...
Boyle, Andrew J. +15 more
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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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