left ventricular assist device monitoring
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 ...accurate monitoring of the heart ...[14]. Ventricular electrocardio- grams (v-ECGs) taken directly from the heart rarely ...
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Outflow monitoring of a pneumatic ventricular assist device using external pressure sensors
... catheter between the apex of the left ventricle and the descending aorta. For anesthesia, intramuscular ketamine (10 mg/kg) and inhaled isoflurane (1–2 %) were administered. Units were fixed to the animals’ backs ...
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Improving anticoagulation of patients with an implantable left ventricular assist device
... INR monitoring was introduced and patients were familiar with the system for emailing INR results, VAD coordinators were allo- cated dedicated time each day to process INR results, obtain treatment recommendations ...
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Effect of counter-pulsation control of a pulsatile left ventricular assist device on working load variations of the native heart
... after device operation by consistently supplying 1 – 2% inhaled isoflurane through an endotracheal ...the left rear legs of the animals to compare the v-ECG measurements with those of conventional ECG, and ...
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A retrospective evaluation of fondaparinux for confirmed or suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in left-ventricular-assist device patients
... Fondaparinux has pharmacologic characteristics that would make it desirable for the use of HIT in this popula- tion [22]. It is rapidly and completely absorbed after sub- cutaneous administration requiring no intravenous ...
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Initial experience with off-pump left ventricular assist device implantation in single center: retrospective analysis
... the monitoring of arterial blood pressure, heart rate, pulmonary artery pressure, and central venous ...and left ventricular function, exclusion of associated pathologies that preclude OP ...
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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 ...
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Evaluation of Left Ventricular Assist Device Electrical Current as a Predictor of Left Ventricular Recovery
... of left ventricular recovery during LVAD support were performed in this ...assess ventricular recovery and assist with strategies of device explantation possibly without requiring any ...
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Stroke and Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
... A 61-year-old female with ischemic cardiomyopathy and continuous flow LVAD was admitted for pneumonia. Her hospital course was complicated by renal failure and femoral artery thrombosis and embolectomy. Five days ...
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Numerical Study of a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) With Different Blade Heights and Tip Clearances
... As mentioned earlier, blood damage is a function of the magnitude of shear stress and the time exposure to such shear stress. Monitoring the stress level on the blood cells as it travels through the pump is ...
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Left ventricular assist device implantation in high risk destination therapy patients: an alternative surgical approach
... improvement in right heart parameters, correction of hematologic abnormalities, and so forth – have translated into less perioperative problems [5,6]. Postoperative man- euvers have similarly resulted into better ...
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Mechanical circulatory support for advanced heart failure : are we about to witness a new "gold standard"?
... devices. Device thrombogenicity emulation (DTE) methodology is a recently developed optimization strategy aimed at the reduction of the thrombogenicity potential in blood recirculating devices with particular ...
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Uncovering the cathepsin system in heart failure patients submitted to Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) implantation
... This study takes advantage of cathepsin system evalu- ation in an in vivo setting represented by a human model of HF. Our data suggest a parallel activation of molecules promoting the detrimental effect of ECM deg- ...
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Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices for Cardiogenic Shock: State of the Art
... Cardiogenic shock is the clinical expression of circulatory failure, as a consequence of left, right or biventricular dys- function. Cardiogenic shock is also defined as a state of crit- ical end-organ ...
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Experiences of being maintained on a ventricular assist device
... SHORT-TERM VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE SUPPORT Although participants had been determined and striving towards discharge from hospital, there was also a sense of loss and grieving as their outpatient ...
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Development of a direct mechanical ventricular assist device
... DEVELOPMENT OF THE ASSIST DEVICE Design Criteria Materials and Equipment Laboratory Studies Laboratory set-up Design process using artificial ventricle Animal Studies Surgical procedure [r] ...
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Development and characterization of the arterial windkessel and its role during left ventricular assist device assistance
... the left ventricle and a 4- element windkessel is used for the coupling with the ...the left ventricle and outflow cannula to the ascending aorta as an end-to-side ...
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Matters to address prior to introducing new life support technology in Japan: three serious ethical concerns related to the use of left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy and suggested policies to deal with them
... Patient selection for DT poses yet another ethical issue. In the Japanese guidelines for DT, it is stated that pa- tients with any of the following conditions are excluded from therapy: life expectancy of longer than 2 ...
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Perioperative care in an adolescent patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia for placement of a cardiac assist device and heart transplantation: case report and literature review
... depressed left ventricular systolic function with an ejection fraction (EF) of ...right ventricular thrombus, which necessitated anticoagulation with ...
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Attention to Details Reduces Infection Rates in Patients with Continuous Flow Pumps
... Therefore, our study shows a lower rate of VAD infections (0.12 episodes per patient year) as compared to the numbers documented in literature (1.65 episodes per patient year) [16]. The study has its limitations as dis- ...
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