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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"ventricular assist devices"”.
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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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Outcomes of patients transferred to the University of Michigan health system on a short-term ventricular assist device for cardiogenic shock
<p>Short-term ventricular assist devices (VADs) are mechanical pumps that are used to temporarily support a patient who is in cardiogenic shock. These VADs are effective in sustaining a patient’s life until he or she can been transferred to a tertiary cardiac center such as the University of …
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Seeding of Titanium Surfaces and Nitinol Stents with Blood-Derived Endothelial Cells
… cardiovascular implants (stents, ventricular assist devices) with functional endothelium may reduce the incidence of clotting and restenosis complications and also reduce the need for risky anticoagulation therapy following implantation of such devices. We developed a novel cell …
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CHANGES IN VE/VCO2 SLOPE OVER TIME IN LVAD RECIPIENTS
… patients with heart failure (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. …
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Implantierbares elektromechanisches Blutpumpensystem zur langfristigen partiellen Herzentlastung
Nowadays, Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) have mostly been employed as bridge to transplantation. A new field of application for VADs represents the support of the failing heart function with the aim of heart recovery, "bridge to recovery". This dissertation describes the development of a …
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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 …
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Differenziamento macrofagico: gli effetti dei polimeri sintetici
… surgery and to the development of biomedical devices such as cardiovascular prostheses. Two classes of polymeric biomaterials seem to meet better these requirements: “hydrogels” , which includes polyalkylimide (PAI) and polyvinylalcohol (PVA) and “elastomers”, which includes polyurethanes …
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Device-Enabled Biomechanical Modulation of the Infarcted Heart
… changes, and if HF is severe, by implanting left ventricular assist devices to act as a bridge-to-transplant or bridge-to-destination. Early interventions after MI to reduce adverse remodeling and prevent HF entirely have been developed but have yet to be translated to the clinic. The main goal of …
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An Effective Transcutaneous Energy Transfer (TET) System for Artificial Hearts
Smart implantable medical devices such as cochlear implants, cardiac pacemakers and artificial heart pumps, consume electrical energy for the lifetime of the patient. The method of power delivery in these devices is principally dependent on their power requirements. Low power implantable devices, …