Paediatric ventricular assist devices: current achievements
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2013 In chronic cardiomyopathy, mechanical circulatory support plays an increasingly important role for children as the shortage of suitable donor hearts increases times on the transplant waiting list.
Martin Schweiger +4 more
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Ventricular Assist Devices: Challenges of the One-device Era
Cardiac Failure Review, 2022 Heart failure (HF) is linked to to high mortality rates and recurrent hospitalisations despite medical and device-based achievements. The use of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) has improved survival among patients with advanced HF.
Gassan Moady +3 more
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Implications of Transitional Care Interventions on Hospital Readmissions in Patients With Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Devices [PDF]
, 2019 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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Use of Ventricular Assist Devices and Heart Transplantation for Advanced Heart Failure.
Circulation Research, 2019 There are only 2 treatments for the thousands of patients who progress to the most advanced form of heart failure despite the application of guideline-based medical therapy, use of ventricular assist devices and heart transplantation.
L. Miller +4 more
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Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2016 A growing number of patients are undergoing prolonged management of advanced heart failure with the use of continuous flow left ventricular assist devices (LVADs).
Beth T Webber +2 more
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Giant cell myocarditis masquerading as orbital myositis with a rapid, fulminant course necessitating mechanical support and heart transplantation. [PDF]
, 2017 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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Ethical challenges with the left ventricular assist device as a destination therapy
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 2008 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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Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADS): History, Clinical Application and Complications
Korean Circulation Journal, 2019 Congestive heart failure is a major cause of morbidity and mortality as well as a major health care cost in the developed world. Despite the introduction of highly effective heart failure medical therapies and simple devices such as cardiac ...
H. Eisen
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Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Synergistic Model Between Technology and Medicine
Circulation, 2018 Ventricular assist device has rapidly emerged as a durable and safe therapy for end-stage heart failure patients with >22 000 implantations to date. Though originally conceived for bridge-to-transplant indication, significant advancements in medical ...
Jason J. Han, M. Acker, P. Atluri
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Perioperative management of left ventricular assist devices
Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2016 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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