Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD)
Modeling payback from research into the efficacy of left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy
... left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation as a therapy in end-stage heart failure. Nevertheless, early cost-effectiveness assessments, based on first-generation devices, have not been ...
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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 im- proved the survival and quality of life outcomes ...
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Knstliche Ventrikel bei fortgeschrittener Herzinsuffizienz Ventricular assist devices for heart failure
... The long term chronic support with LVAD is limited by the incidence of thromboembolism and bleeding. Also infec- tions are a major thread of the patients. The percutaneous site with cannulae connecting the external ...
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Cost-effectiveness of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) for patients with advanced heart failure: Analysis of the British NHS bridge to transplant (BTT) program
... We also undertook a number of sensitivity analyses to explore the impact of differing survival estimates for the medical management patients using: 1 The British BTDB data for all medica[r] ...
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Is there a difference in bleeding after left ventricular assist device implant: centrifugal versus axial?
... Background: 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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Evaluation of Left Ventricular Assist Device Electrical Current as a Predictor of Left Ventricular Recovery
... (CF) left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) continues to increase, therapy management aspects remain challenging, with no consensus on well- defined assessment criteria, support duration, and ...
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Improving anticoagulation of patients with an implantable left ventricular assist device
... Patients supported with implantable left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) have a significant risk of bleeding and thromboembolic complications. All patients require anticoagulation with ...
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Outcomes of patients with continuous flow left ventricular assist device undergoing emergency endovascular treatment for atraumatic bleeding
... flow left ventricular assist devices on antiaggregant/coagulant therapy, admitted to our hospital for uncorrectable symptomatic anemia; CT-angiography and diagnostic angiography confirmed the ...
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Ethical challenges with the left ventricular assist device as a destination therapy
... circulatory devices or deactivating ventricular assist devices including an LVAD after the device has been initiated, even if they might have elected to not have the device in the first place ...
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Pediatric ventricular assist devices: current challenges and future prospects
... conventional left ventricular assist device (LVAD) physiology, the pump rate is determined by cardiac output from the native right ...right ventricular assist device (RVAD) may be ...
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Ventricular assist devices for heart failure: a focus on patient selection and complications
... comorbidities. Left ventricular assist devices have emerged as a valid therapeutic option for advanced heart ...implant. Left ventricular assist device-related ...
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Right ventricular failure following left ventricular assist device implantation is associated with a preoperative pro-inflammatory response
... This study was approved by the University of Michigan Institutional Review Board (IRB#HUM00135533). A wai- ver of informed consent was approved by the University of Michigan IRB. We conducted a retrospective review of ...
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Effect of counter-pulsation control of a pulsatile left ventricular assist device on working load variations of the native heart
... the left rear legs of the animals to compare the v-ECG measurements with those of conventional ECG, and the arterial blood pressure (ABP) was measured at the carotid ...
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Initial experience with off-pump left ventricular assist device implantation in single center: retrospective analysis
... intracorporeal ventricular assist devices were implanted off pump in bovine and ovine models for various studies including heart failure (unpublished data) due to the time- and cost-intensive nature ...
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Numerical Study of a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) With Different Blade Heights and Tip Clearances
... limitation, Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) have become a promising alternative treatment ...heart assist device to increase blood flow to peripheral ...a Left Ventricular ...
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Resternotomy does not adversely affect outcome after left ventricular assist device implantation
... Our study has the inherent limitations of a retrospective, non-matched cohort study. The sample size was relatively small. As we studied only one device type, our results may not be extrapolated to other LVADs or durable ...
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Accuracy of the Masimo Pronto-7® system in patients with left ventricular assist device
... The absence of a pulsatile flow in patients with cf sys- tems is a challenge for pulse oximetry based Hb detecting systems and the implemented mathematical al- gorithms. To test the accuracy of the Pronto 7 W system, we ...
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Trends in left ventricular assist device use and outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries, 2004–2011
... In the USA, CMS is an agency within the US Department of Health & Human Services responsible for administration of several key federal healthcare pro- grammes including Medicare. Medicare is the federal health ...
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A retrospective evaluation of fondaparinux for confirmed or suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in left-ventricular-assist device patients
... Eight patients were identified with a positive HIPA test in the post-operative setting status post LVAD implantation that received fondaparinux (Table 1). The patient group had a median age of 49 years old (7.8 y/o), ...
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Chest radiographs of cardiac devices (Part 2): Ventricular assist devices
... commonly used second-generation LVAD device. The inflow and outflow cannula placements for this device are like the first-generation LVADs. The HMII can be differentiated from other LVADs as they are placed within the ...
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