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Value of Invasive Hemodynamic Assessments in Patients Supported by Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices

January 17, 2024 | Jason Trevis

This review explores the application of invasive hemodynamic assessments in the personalization of care for patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). The authors provide a comprehensive approach to their use in triaging patients with...

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Analysis of UNOS: Ventricular Assist Device as Bridge-to-Transplant in Paediatric Patients With Congenital Heart Disease

November 13, 2025 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

This study analyzed 3,394 pediatric congenital heart disease (CHD) patients listed for heart transplant from 2014 to 2023. Of these, 16.5 percent received ventricular assist device (VAD) support while waitlisted....

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18F-FDG PET/CT and Radiolabeled Leukocyte SPECT/CT Imaging for the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Infection in the Multimodality Context

November 27, 2024 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

The opening manuscript on the expected series of American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Imaging Indications. For the cardiovascular surgeon, Tables 2 and 7 offer an update on the use of...

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Mechanical Circulatory Support in Cardiogenic Shock — Persistence and Progress

May 18, 2024 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

This article presents a succinct but comprehensive expert viewpoint on support in cardiogenic shock using the manuscript of the DanGer trial on promising results of Impella in a highly selected...

JANS Article

Value of Invasive Hemodynamic Assessments in Patients Supported by Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices

January 17, 2024 | Jason Trevis

This review explores the application of invasive hemodynamic assessments in the personalization of care for patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). The authors provide a comprehensive approach to their...

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First Percutaneous Pump Approved for Right Heart Failure

October 12, 2017 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The Impella RP device was approved by the FDA for use as a temporary percutaneous assist for the right ventricle, as announced by Abiomed. Use is approved for up to...

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Stopping LVAD Bleeding: A Piece of the Puzzle

October 6, 2017 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A stimulating editorial triggered by tri-species autopsy work on angiodysplasia potentially attributable to continuous-flow LVAD. Dr Birks discusses the findings and appears open to the suggestion that LVAD per se...

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Impact of Left-Ventricular Assist Device–Related Complications on Posttransplant Graft Survival

September 19, 2017 | Arie BlitzBronze ContributorSilver Commentor

The authors queried the UNOS heart transplantation database to determine if LVAD device-related complications (DRCs) were associated with worse postoperative graft survival. The 5 categories of DRCs were as follows:...

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Changes in End-Organ Function in Patients With Prolonged Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Support

March 5, 2017 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

Changes in end organ function were assessed in 59 pts having a continuous flow LVAD in place for more than 3 years. Renal and hepatic function improved initially, but renal...

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Does Small Size Matter With Continuous Flow Devices? : Analysis of the INTERMACS Database of Adults With BSA ≤1.5 m2

February 15, 2017 | Arie BlitzBronze ContributorSilver Commentor

The authors reviewed the retrospective INTERMACS database to assess whether outcomes after continuous-flow (CF) LVAD implantation varied with patient BSA. A total of over 10,000 CF LVAD patients were included....

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Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support in Cardiac Critical Care: A State of the Art Review and Algorithm for Device Selection

January 31, 2017 | Rakesh Arora

The authors of this review article offer an approach to the utilization of a contempory mechanical circulatory support devices. They further provide insights of the key role that well-functioning interdisciplinary...

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Temporary Mechanical Support for Critical Cardiogenic Shock

January 27, 2017 | Rajamiyer Venkateswaran

Rajamiyer Venkateswaran of Mythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK, discusses temporary mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to transplantation in cases of cardiogenic shock. Dr. Venkateswaran covers the pathophysiology and strategies for...

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Cost-Effectiveness of Left Ventricular Assist Devices in Ambulatory Patients With Advanced Heart Failure

January 13, 2017 | Arie BlitzBronze ContributorSilver Commentor

With the everpresent question of potentially extending LVAD therapy to ambulatory patients with advanced heart failure, the authors–using a Markov model–projected the incremental cost-efffectiveness ratio (ICER) of DT LVADs in...

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