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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"destination therapy"”.
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Patients' and caregivers' inside perspectives: living with a left-ventricular assist device as destination therapy
… perspectives of living with an LVAD as a destination therapy (e.g., permanent alternative to transplant) was not explored. Roy's adaptation model provided a framework to guide an understanding of how participants adjusted and accepted living with destination therapy. A …
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Implantable electromechanical displacement blood pumps : systematic design and validation methods
… (bridge to recovery, bridge to transplant, destination therapy) or heart replacement. The REMATCH trial has demonstrated that mechanical circulatory support is an effective alternative to optimal medication therapy in the treatment of heart diseases. This dissertation describes the …
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Left ventricular assist device therapy: family caregivers' stress, perceived burden and quality of life.
… 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 on the experience of family caregivers of LVAD patients. …
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In-vivo-Implantation der Mikrodiagonalpumpe II beim Kalb : Hämodynamik und Hämolyse
… to transplant or might even be implanted as destination therapy. Despite considerable improvements during the last years the rate of complications remains high in regard of hemodynamic and technical failures, wound healing disturbances, thromboembolic events and bleeding complications. …
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A Multi-Scale CFD Analysis of Patient-Specific Geometries to Tailor LVAD Cannula Implantation Under Pulsatile Flow Conditions: an investigation aimed at reducing stroke incidence in LVADs
… allowing for myocardia recovery when used as destination therapy. Stroke is the most devastating complication after ventricular assist device (VAD) implantation, with an incidence of 14-47% over 3-6 months. This complication due to thrombus formation and subsequent transport through the …