A decade’s worth of data point to some reduction in vascular complications among US patients receiving percutaneous left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). Still, by 2015, around one in nine ...
Let's say you're one of the nearly 7 million Americans with heart failure. Your heart’s ability to pump blood is impaired. Despite being on all the right medicines, at doses as high as you can ...
The final results are in for MOMENTUM 3, the largest left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) trial ever conducted. The study of more than 1,000 patients with severe heart failure not only confirms that ...
The newer HeartMate 3 continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD) improved on its predecessor in staving off neurological complications among implanted patients, long-term results from the ...
The Incor ® left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) (Berlin Heart AG, Germany) offers effective ventricular support without device-related infection or perioperative bleeding complications, a pilot ...
A 61-year-old man in cardiogenic shock was recently transferred to our hospital. Angiography revealed total occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery and an 80% ostial stenosis of the ...
Patients receiving drug therapy before LVAD implantation have high risk of right-sided heart failure
Patients with left-sided heart failure who get implanted devices to improve the pumping of their hearts may be more likely to develop heart failure on the opposite side of their hearts if they are pre ...
Physicians at Washington, D.C.-based MedStar Washington Hospital Center have completed the 300th implant of the HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device, which treats patients with advanced heart ...
Abstract and Introduction Education for Treatment of LVAD Recipients Emerging Issues Surrounding LVAD Recipients Conclusion References The driveline exits the abdomen and attaches to the system ...
ROCHESTER, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Patients have the right to refuse or request the withdrawal of any unwanted treatment. In an article published in the online issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, ...
PHILADELPHIA -- Dropping aspirin from the antithrombotic regimen after HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation appeared safer than the usual combination approach in the ...
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