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Ventricular Assist Devices

, 2023
The heart pumps blood throughout our bodies and provides the oxygen and nutrients essential for life. There is a growing pandemic of heart failure despite advances in current diagnostics and treatments and improvements in heart transplantation ...

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Added Prognostic Value of EEG Reactivity in Comatose Patients Following Cardiac Arrest

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To evaluate the added prognostic value of EEG reactivity for favorable outcome compared with background analysis during and after targeted temperature management (TTM). Methods Prospective observational cohort study of comatose post–cardiac arrest patients admitted to a single academic center between 2017 and 2022, all undergoing ...
Sarah Caroyer, Marie Obrecht, Charlotte de Maeseneire, Charlotte Damien, Chantal Depondt, Lorenzo Ferlini, Estelle Rikir, Filippo Annoni, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Nicolas Mavroudakis, Benjamin Legros, Nicolas Gaspard   +11 more
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Interventional Microbubble Enhanced Sonothrombolysis on Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Advanced Science, 2022
The left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is often used in the treatment of heart failure. However, 4% to 9% implanted LVAD will have thrombosis problem in one year, which is fatal to the patient's life.
Xiaobing Zheng, Yunfan Pan, Yuan Zhang, Kuilin Meng, Jianye Zhou, Xin Wang, Yongchun Cui, Jiang Li, Yongjian Li, Haosheng Chen   +9 more
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Artificial Intelligence in Systemic Sclerosis: Clinical Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease defined by immune dysregulation, vasculopathy, and progressive fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. Despite advances in care, major complications such as interstitial lung disease (ILD) and myocardial involvement remain the leading causes of morbidity and mortality.
Cristiana Sieiro Santos, José Miguel Sequí‐Sabater, Diego Benavent   +2 more
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Non-Surgical Resolution of Inflow Cannula Obstruction of a Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Case Report

Journal of Chest Surgery, 2021
A 55-year-old woman who had received an implantable left ventricular assist device 3 months earlier presented with dyspnea and a low-flow alarm of the device.
Yoonseo Lee, Kiick Sung, Wook Sung Kim, Dong Seop Jeong, Sung Ho Shinn, Yang Hyun Cho   +5 more
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Overview of Ventricular Assist Devices and the Total Artificial Heart

, 2021
Patients with isolated left ventricular failure may have positive outcomes after being implanted with a left ventricular assist device. Unfortunately, almost half of patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction also have evidence of right ...
Carmen Rosa Presti, Crenshaw, Nichole A, Presti, Carmen Rosa, Nichole A. Crenshaw   +3 more
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Multimodal Soft Surgical Robots Enabled by Eco‐Degradable, Sterilizable Polymers and Transient Electronics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A compostable PGS soft surgical robot with interchangeable modules integrates transient Mo tactile and Si thermal sensors for dual feedback. The device preserves its function after clinical‐grade sterilization, demonstrates stable actuation and cardiac tissue grasping with real‐time in vivo pulsatile monitoring, and biodegrades post‐use with soil‐safe, 
Minseong Chae, Kyung‐Sub Kim, Gyeong‐Seok Hwang, Jun‐Seok Shim, Sung‐Woo Kim, Yong‐Wu Kim, Jieun Han, Jae‐Young Bae, Jae‐Hwan Lee, Minjung Chae, Jooik Jeon, Joo‐Hyeon Park, You‐Jung Park, Ju‐Yong Lee, Sung‐Geun Choi, Min‐Ha Oh, Yong‐Joong Shin, Young‐In Ryu, Ji‐Woo Gu, Seong‐Yu Choi, Jeong‐Yun Sun, Jung Keun Hyun, Myoung‐Ryul Ok, Sang Yup Kim, Edyta Wyszkowska, Ju‐Young Kim, Kang‐Sik Lee, Seung‐Kyun Kang   +27 more
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Value of nutritional indices in predicting survival free from pump replacement and driveline infections in centrifugal left ventricular assist devicesCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open
Objective: There is a paucity of data assessing the impact of nutritional status on outcomes in patients supported with the HeartMate 3 (HM3) left ventricular assist device (LVAD).
Fabian Jimenez Contreras, MD, Bret L. Pinsker, MD, Jason N. Katz, MD, MHS, Stuart D. Russell, MD, Jacob Schroder, MD, Benjamin Bryner, MD, Alexander H. Gunn, MD, Krunal Amin, MD, Carmelo Milano, MD   +8 more
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Current Trends in Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Cardiology Research and Practice, 2011
The shortage of appropriate donor organs and the expanding pool of patients waiting for heart transplantation have led to growing interest in alternative strategies, particularly in mechanical circulatory support.
Jens Garbade, Hartmuth B. Bittner, Markus J. Barten, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr   +3 more
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Bariatric surgery in obese patients with ventricular assist devices

BMC Research Notes, 2020
Objectives Patients with end-stage heart failure (ESHF) treated with ventricular assist devices (VADs) tend to gain weight, which may prevent them from receiving heart transplantation (HT) if their body mass index (BMI) reaches ≥ 35 kg/m2.
Adrian daSilva-deAbreu, Bader Aldeen Alhafez, Yuhamy Curbelo-Pena, Carl J. Lavie, Hector O. Ventura, Juan Francisco Loro-Ferrer, Stacy A. Mandras   +6 more
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