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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Mechanical circulatory support"”.
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Leveraging Right and Left Ventricular Coupling for Optimization of Mechanical Circulatory Support
Mechanical circulatory support devices have the potential for profound impact on cardiogenic shock patients. They enable volume propulsion and pressure gradient generation first by unloading and later by decoupling native cardio-vascular interactions, which reduces cardiac load and energy …
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Determination of physiologic states during mechanical circulatory support through characterization of device-organ interactions
… shortage of donor organs. Because of this, mechanical support has emerged as an effective therapy to promote recovery of native organ function, especially in the setting of acute heart failure. Acute heart failure is increasingly prominent and inadequately treated by traditional medical …
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Treatment approaches to chronic decompensated heart failure
… medications and short-term and long-term mechanical circulatory support, with heart transplantation as the gold standard. Patients with advanced heart failure who are not eligible for heart transplantation or long-term mechanical circulatory support should be considered for palliative …
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Outcomes after Apheresis in patients with underlying Heart Failure: A Propensity Matched National Cohort Analysis
… sudden cardiac arrest, cardiogenic shock, mechanical circulatory support, mechanical ventilation, calcium abnormalities, fluid and electrolyte disturbances, coagulation abnormalities, and severe sepsis. Results: Apheresis in patients with HF had a higher percentage of in-hospital mortality, …
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Access to Life: Advanced Heart Failure Therapies for Undocumented Immigrants
… and non-maleficence by restricting access to mechanical circulatory support, inotropic therapy, and heart transplants. Analysis of Medicaid restrictions, legal barriers, and a representative patient case study reveals how current policies institutionalize preventable harm. Contrasting these …
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Optimization of Hybrid Hemodynamics from Mechanical Support Devices in Cardiogenic Shock
Cardiovascular mechanical circulatory support (MCS) offers the promise of forward blood flow maintenance and distal tissue perfusion without taxing the failing heart. However, there are no firm determinants of device initiation and titration, and demonstration of definitive clinical benefit remains …
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Investigating the Fidelity of Classic Cardiovascular Metrics in the Context of a Failing and Mechanically Supported Heart
The advent of mechanical circulatory support devices (MCS) has ushered in a new era in the treatment of low cardiac output states. Proper titration of MCS is essential for optimal therapeutic outcomes and relies on monitoring metrics of cardiac state. However, innovation in clinically determining …
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The Impact of Ventricular Assist Device Prior to Transplantation on Morphological Parameters in Cardiac Allografts /// Въздействие на вентрикуларните помощни устройства преди трансплантация върху морфологичните параметри при сърдечните алографи
Due to the shortage of donor organs, mechanical circulatory support systems (MCS) are now widely used as a treatment option to bridge the failing heart to transplantation. There are limited data, suggesting that prolonged use of ventricular assist device (VAD) therapy may result in cardiac …
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A Comparison of Maximal Exercise Responses among Patients with a Total Artificial Heart, a Left Ventricular Assist Device, or Advanced Heart Failure
… the literature on the exercise response of the mechanical circulatory support (MCS) device patient, particularly the TAH patient. A review was performed on MCS patients who underwent symptom‐limited cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) following device implant of either TAH or HMII. ANOVA was …
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JOINT MODELING OF MULTIVARIATE LONGITUDINAL DATA AND COMPETING RISKS DATA
… for heart transplant are inserted with a mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices (suchas left ventricular assists devices) to support the failing heart while waiting for heart transplant. While on the MCS, their liver and renal functions may worsen and these in turn may influence one …
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Soft Robotic Platforms for the Simulation of Cardiovascular Disease and Device Development
… avenue for faithfully replicating the biomechanical aspects of human disease in a patient-specific manner. In addition to supporting the development and evaluation of medical devices, high-fidelity models have the potential to elucidate pathophysiological mechanisms of disease onset that …
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Left ventricular assist device therapy: family caregivers' stress, perceived burden and quality of life.
Background: Individuals implanted with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) as bridge to transplant or as destination therapy expect to be discharged home. Responsibility for providing care to those patients has fallen almost exclusively to family caregivers. Yet there is a paucity of research …