left-heart assist device
Heartmate 3 fully magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device for the treatment of advanced heart failure –1 year results from the Ce mark trial
... Pump thrombosis has become a considerable concern in recent years due to an increase in incidence and the considerable morbidity associated with the event [26, 27]. Most patients survive this event by undergoing ...
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Effect of counter-pulsation control of a pulsatile left ventricular assist device on working load variations of the native heart
... Several studies have investigated the relationship between the control scheme of the LVAD and the working load of the native heart. For example, Shi et al . assessed the hemodynamic benefits of three pumping modes ...
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Emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy for intraabdominal hemorrhage in a patient with a left ventricular assist device: a case report
... Continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), called “ second generation LVADs, ” have significantly improved the survival and quality of life ...Jarvik Heart, ...
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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 ...the left ventricular ...
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Berlin Heart EXCOR® pediatric ventricular assist device in a patient with Sotos syndrome: a case report
... At the age of 9 months our female Caucasian patient, who had Sotos syndrome, underwent surgical ventriculo- peritoneal shunt for hydrocephalus that was repeated at the age of 5 years. In January 2012, when our patient ...
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Thromboembolic stroke in patients with a HeartMate-II left ventricular assist device – the role of anticoagulation
... In patients with stroke, coagulation status was deter- mined at the time of stroke and during the two weeks preceding the event. The latter analysis was considered important as the onset of clot development may well be ...
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Advanced Heart Failure Treatment Options Among the Elderly
... include heart transplantation (HT), left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy and/or palliative ...of heart replacement options (HT or LVAD) among elderly patients requires an ...
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Development and characterization of the arterial windkessel and its role during left ventricular assist device assistance
... Modelling of the cardiovascular system is challenging but it has the potential to further advance our understanding of normal and pathological conditions. Morphology and function are closely related. The arterial system ...
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Ultrasound Guided Axillary Block in an Anticoagulated Patient after Heartmate II Implantation
... 1) Left Ventricular Assist Devices, 2) monitoring challenges associated with Left Ventricular Assist Devices and 3) the usefulness of peripheral nerve blocks in this subset of ...for ...
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The effect of heart failure and left ventricular assist device treatment on right ventricular mechanics: a computational study
... Owing to the lower ventricular contractility under HF, the intraventricular residual blood volumes were higher; therefore, both the ventricular PV loops were shifted to the right side in HF condition than in normal ...
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Resternotomy does not adversely affect outcome after left ventricular assist device implantation
... disciplinary heart failure unit to identify consecutive adult patients who received a continuous-flow LVAD at our institution from December 2010 through June ...advanced heart failure was used to describe ...
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Is there a difference in bleeding after left ventricular assist device implant: centrifugal versus axial?
... Continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (CF-LVAD) have become the standard of care for patients with end stage heart ...failure. Device reliability has increased, bringing the ...
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Accuracy of the Masimo Pronto-7® system in patients with left ventricular assist device
... The patients we investigated were all in stable clinical conditions as indicated by ECG, pulse rate, systolic blood pressure and hemoglobin values (see Table 1), ex- cept for one patient that was treated in the ...
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Substernal epicardial echocardiography in a patient undergoing left ventricular assist device: a case report
... The device is placed in an anterior epicardial position prior to closure of the sternum, and allows the subsequent insertion of a standard TOE probe, allowing post- operative echocardiographic imaging of the ...
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Hemodynamic deterioration precedes onset of ventricular tachyarrhythmia after Heartmate II implantation
... HR, Heart rate; ICD, Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; LVAD, Left ventricular assist device; MAP, Mean arterial pressure; PI, Prematurity index; PoVT, Postoperative ventricular ...
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Left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy and left ventricular assist device: a word of caution
... underwent heart transplantation. Macroscopic examination of the explanted heart confirmed the findings on echocardi- ...The left ventricular wall showed massive thickening to nearly 30 mm, with the ...
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Impact of Ventricular Assist Device Implantation on Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Heart Transplantation in the United States from 2003 2007
... congenital heart disease were independent risk factors for hospital mortal- ity following heart transplantation ...implantable left ventricular assist devices, which is the likely form of ...
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Evaluation of Left Ventricular Assist Device Electrical Current as a Predictor of Left Ventricular Recovery
... In this study, the major goal was to determine the possibility of assessing the energy parameters of the heart depending on the recorded pump electric parameters. It should be noted that the purpose of the study ...
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Trends in left ventricular assist device use and outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries, 2004–2011
... In this analysis we found an LVAD implantation rate increase of nearly 491% with a sharp rise since 2008, coincident with the approval of the Heart Mate II device by the USA Food and Drug Administration. 2 ...
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Heart monitoring using left ventricle impedance and ventricular electrocardiography in left ventricular assist device patients
... ECG device are uncomfortable for a patient who is already connected to a ...the heart or subcuta- neous tissues ...the heart and the direc- tion of measurement is altered, resulting in ECG recordings ...
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