... weaning from leftventricularassist devices Circulation, 2005 112(9 Suppl): p I37-45 Birks, E.J., et al., Reversal of severe heart failure with a continuous-flow leftventricularassistdevice and ... flow across continuous-flow ventricularassist devices at low speeds J Heart Lung Transplant, 2010 29(11): p 1245-52 Oosterom, L., et al., Leftventricularassistdevice as a bridge to recovery ... recovery with a thoratec biventricular assistdevice for postpartum cardiomyopathy ASAIO J 56(5): p 479-80 Simon, M.A., et al., Myocardial recovery using ventricularassist devices: prevalence, clinical...
... A: A randomized clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a percutaneous leftventricularassistdevice versus intra-aortic balloon pumping for treatment of cardiogenic shock caused ... Schuler G: Randomized comparison of intra-aortic balloon support with a percutaneous leftventricularassistdevice in patients with revascularized acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic ... 10.1186/1749-8090-5-54 Cite this article as: Keilegavlen et al., Treatment of cardiogenic shock with leftventricularassistdevice combined with cardiac resynchronization therapy: A case report Journal of Cardiothoracic...
... The heart appeared markedly distended with severe biventricular failure An Abiomed AB5000™ (Abiomed Inc., Danvers, MA) leftventricularassistdevice (LVAD) was placed (Figure 1) Restoration of ... Samuels et al.: Cardiogenic shock associated with loco-regional anesthesia rescued with leftventricularassistdevice implantation Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010 5:126 Figure Abiomed Impella™ ... 2003, 21:43-49 12 Samuels LE, Kaufman MS, Morris RJ, et al: Pharmacologic criteria for ventricularassistdevice insertion: experience with the Abiomed BVS 5000 system J Card Surg 1999, 14:288-293...
... decrease in leftventricular end-diastolic diameter and some improvement in leftventricular function, but the right ventricular function remained moderate In our opinion the decrease in leftventricular ... extra corporeal membrane oxygenation; IABP: intra aortic balloon pump; LVAD: leftventricularassist device; LVEDD: leftventricular end diastolic diameter; PPCM: peripartum cardiomyopathy; UFH: ... patient supported with the Abiomed BVS5000 ventricularassistdevice ASAIO J 1996, 42:240-241 19 Lewis R, Mabie WC, Burlew B, Sibai BM: Biventricular assistdevice as a bridge to cardiac transplantation...
... MH: Leftventricularassistdevice and drug therapy for the reversal of heart failure N Engl J Med 2006, 355:1873-1884 Klotz S, Jan Danser AH, Burkhoff D: Impact of leftventricularassistdevice ... with multiple targeted injections following device insertion Note the outflow graft (1) connected to the device (2) which has been implanted into the leftventricular apex (3) Stem cells injectate ... J Cardiothorac Surg 2010, 37:350-356 Soppa GK, Barton PJ, Terraciano CM, Yacoub MH: Leftventricularassist device- induced molecular changes in the failing myocardium Curr Opin Cardiol 2008, 23:206-218...
... Patients Supported by LeftVentricularAssistDevice 105 Tomoko S Kato, Kazuo Komamura, Ikutaro Nakajima, Ayako Takahashi, Noboru Oda and Masafumi Kitakaze Chapter VentricularAssist Devices for Pediatric ... Left VentricularAssist Devices: Engineering Design Considerations Fig Multi-DOF electric circuit used to generate the boundary condition waveforms 35 36 New Aspects of VentricularAssist Devices ... Surgical Adjustement of VentricularAssistDevice Implantation to Minimize Stroke Risk, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, paper IMECE2009-12813 LeftVentricularAssist Devices: Engineering...
... VentricularAssistDevice Indications for Ventricle Assist Devices Guillermo Reyes and Sara Badia Imaging and VentricularAssistDevice 25 Echocardiographic Evaluation of VentricularAssist Devices ... (Taylor et al, 2008) 7 Indications for Ventricle Assist Devices Left ventricle assistdevice Right ventricle assistdevice Biventricular ventricle assistdevice Systolic blood pressure
... and the atrio -ventricular junction Leftventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was calculated as (end-diastolic counts-end-systolic counts)/end-diastolic counts Duration of leftventricular systole ... of leftventricular systole was defined as the time interval between the onset of the R-wave and the minimal volume on the time-activity curve (end-systole) The relative duration of leftventricular ... exercise a progressive leftventricular dilatation and a reduced systemic vasodilator capacity may produce sub-optimal afterload conditions resulting in a prolongation of leftventricular ejection...
... acute myocardial infarction; LVEF = leftventricular ejection fraction; FS = fractional shortening; LVEDD = leftventricular end-diastolic dimension; LVESD = leftventricular systolic dimension *Transthoracic ... cellular components Impact of Conditioned Medium Treatment on 90-Day LeftVentricular Function and Fractional Shortening The initial leftventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), fractional shortening (FS), ... oxidative stress Western blotting of oxidative index in leftventricular (LV) myocardium of Group I to VI on day 90 after AMI induction (left) , with quantification results of each group (n = 6)...
... reduced leftventricular systolic function We assessed the risk and time course of sudden death in high-risk patients after myocardial infarction methods We studied 14,609 patients with leftventricular ... or more after myocardial infarction in patients with a leftventricular ejection fraction of 30 percent or less and in those with a leftventricular ejection fraction of 40 percent or less and ... was highest among patients with the lowest leftventricular ejection fraction, but the high incidence was not restricted to patients with the lowest leftventricular ejection fraction Indeed, the...
... after leftventricularassistdevice placement Anesth Analg 2004, 98(4):937-940 Kavarana MN, Rahman FA, Recto MR, Dowling RD: Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale after leftventricularassist ... patient supported with a biventricular assistdevice Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2007, 6(6):778-779 Loyalka P, Idelchik GM, Kar B: Percutaneous leftventricularassistdevice complicated by a ... with leftventricularassistdevice Ann Thorac Surg 2003, 75(5):1624-1626 Majd RE, Kavarana MN, Bouvette M, Dowling RD: Improved technique to diagnose a patent foramen ovale during left ventricular...
... Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting; EF: Ejection Fraction; IVS: Interventricular Septal Thickness; LV: Left Ventricular; LVW: LeftVentricular Posterior Wall Thickness; NYHA: New York Heart Association ... seems to be sufficient to assess the regression of leftventricular hypertrophy Several authors have demonstrated that no difference in leftventricular mass regression is found between year and ... homografts had a greater reduction of leftventricular mass than patients who received a stented bioprosthesis or mechanical valve They also found that leftventricular mass regression had been...
... Piccione W Jr: Leftventricularassistdevice implantation: short and longterm surgical complications J Heart Lung Transplant 2000, 19(8 suppl): S89-S94 John R: Current axial-flow devices: the ... 2000 leftventricularassist devices Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008, 20(3):264-272 Kamdar F, Boyle A, Liao K, Colvin-Adams M, Joyce L, John R: Effects of centrifugal, axial, and pulsatile left ... heart failure secondary to virus induced myocarditis that required biventricular support with Thoratec PVAD(r) ventricularassistdevice (Thoratec Laboratories Corp, Pleasanton, CA) She was initially...
... compared to other studies The high mortality among our group of patients was related to the impaired leftventricular function Other factors contributing to the mortality of patients were the preoperative ... conclusion, we believe that ONCAB/BH can be used in myocardial revascularization among patients with leftventricular dysfunction The technique was found to be associated with better myocardial revascularization, ... http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/109 10 11 12 13 14 15 Page of in patients with poor leftventricular dysfunction: a propensity score analysis Circ J 2007, 71:1387-1394 Perrault LP, Menaschè...
... in medical therapies and surgical techniques, the management of coronary patients with severe leftventricular dysfunction (SLVD) (ejection fraction [EF] = 0.35) is still challenging[1,2] For ... associated with higher postoperative morbidity and mortality compared with patients with normal leftventricular function[3] Off pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB) has theoretical and practical ... preoperative Datascope system IABP in 115 (7.4%) consecutive patients with poor preoperative leftventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) = 35% During the same period, the IABP was inserted during...
... aleft ventricular rupture thin rim 3and and inferoseptal lefttissue (arrow) SSFP MR images with an area of large area of microvascular covered by ain the inferolateral short axis (b) first ventricular ... inferoseptal leftventricular wall (arrowheads) with an area of blister-like contrast pouch covered by a mm thin rim of infarcted myocardial tissue (arrow) compatible with an impending leftventricular ... (arrow) A volume rendered 3D MDCT image (b) of the left ventricle shows an area of localized contrast out-pouching with a narrow neck in the lateral leftventricular wall (arrow) Figure of infarcted...
... supraventricular tachycardias are common and several factors may make these patients susceptible to ventricular fibrillation [15] Furthermore, in our case the coronary angiogram reveals a left ... as primary treatment modality for leftventricular obstruction For a select subset of patients with refractory LVOT obstruction, DDD pacing with a short atrioventricular (AV) delay may be of benefit ... descending artery during Preoperativeover the leftshowing the appearance of the musPreoperative angiogram showing the appearance of the muscular bridge over the left anterior descending artery during...