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CHANGES IN VE/VCO2 SLOPE OVER TIME IN LVAD RECIPIENTS
… (HF), including left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) recipients. Peak oxygen uptake (pVO2) and VE/VCO2 slope are key prognostic parameters, but their values after LVAD implantation and relationship with right ventricular (RV) dysfunction remain poorly understood. Methods: We conducted a …
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Assessing Risk For Right Heart Failure After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
… of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) has offered the promise of improved financial, clinical, and functional outcomes for those awaiting or ineligible for heart transplantation. Right Heart Failure (RHF), however, threatens positive outcomes as it remains the leading cause of …
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Ποιότητα ζωής μετά από τοποθέτηση μηχανικής υποστήριξης αριστερής κοιλίας, L VAD
… συσκευής υποστήριξης της αριστερής κοιλίας (LVAD) αποτελεί θεραπευτική επιλογή για ασθενείς με σοβαρές καρδιολογικές παθήσεις, επεκτείνοντας την επιβίωση και βελτιώνοντας τη λειτουργικότητα. Πέρα όμως από τα βιοϊατρικά οφέλη, αυξανόμενο ενδιαφέρον στρέφεται στη διερεύνηση της ποιότητας ζωής …
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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
A Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) is a mechanical pump that provides temporary circulatory support when used as bridge-to-transplantation and relieves workload demand placed on a failing heart allowing for myocardia recovery when used as destination therapy. Stroke is the most devastating …
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Patients' and caregivers' inside perspectives: living with a left-ventricular assist device as destination therapy
<p>Left-ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have improved the quality of life for many patients with advanced heart failure. Past research focused on technology issues and survival rates, but patients' and caregivers' perspectives of living with an LVAD as a destination therapy (e.g., permanent …
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Left ventricular assist device therapy: family caregivers' stress, perceived burden and quality of life.
… 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 on the experience of …
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Experiences of being maintained on a ventricular assist device
… of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). The LVAD is a type of long-term/durable VAD which enables patients to be discharged from hospital. The literature review employed a thematic synthesis of the qualitative literature arriving at three major themes Context, Mechanism and …
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In Vitro and In Silico Study of Deposition on Textured Biomaterials: Towards Biofunctionalization of Ventricular Cannula
… of blood clot in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is the inflow cannula, where emboli are produced. The emboli may be later ingested and ejected from the pump. A widely explored strategy to prevent surface-induced thrombosis in cardiovascular implants is to promote stable endothelium, which …
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FALL PREVENTION IN THE ED
… heart, and left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) patients. For the calendar year of 2016 there were thirty-reported patient falls in the ED. The global aim is to reduce the patient fall rate by 35% for the 2017 calendar year. The project’s objective is to continue the road to patient safety …
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Left Ventricle Assist Device
… and testing of left ventricle assist devices (LVADs). Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America, and LVAD offers an effective solution to patients with severe coronary artery disease who are not eligible for heart transplants. However, before testing LVADs in-vivo, extensive …
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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
… in the TAH patient below that observed in HMII LVAD and advanced HF patients. This provides a baseline for expected functional status and has implications on the ADL tolerance of these individuals. The next step is to develop strategies to ameliorate this continued exercise intolerance. The …
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An Effective Transcutaneous Energy Transfer (TET) System for Artificial Hearts
… events for Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs). This thesis focuses on developing a wireless power supply solution for artificial hearts and LVADs. Transcutaneous Energy Transfer (TET) systems use magnetic fields to transfer power across the skin without direct electrical connectivity. …