Wireless LVAD system could push boundaries of heart device technology
SUNY Poly Assistant Professor Dr. Amit Sangwan and colleagues recently published research titled "Feasibility Testing of the ...
Machine learning assists in predicting risk of stroke
Some patients with advanced heart failure can benefit from the support of a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device ...
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AI Helps Predict Stroke Risk
Some patients with advanced heart failure can benefit from the support of a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (CF-LVAD ... to be a major adverse event after the implantation of the device ...
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Machine learning helps predict stroke risk after CF-LVAD implantation
Some patients with advanced heart failure can benefit from the support of a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (CF-LVAD ... to be a major adverse event after the implantation of the device ...
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PercAssist’s PSCA System - Intrapericardial Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) System for Cardiogenic Shock Presented at the TCT24
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PercAssist, Inc., a medical device company developing innovative technology ... Proprietary PercAssist electrocardiogram (ECG) and implant technologies apply left ventricular ...
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Duke Hospital becomes second-ever hospital to implant artificial heart
The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart, a device currently undergoing clinical trials, was used in August to keep Donavan Harbison, a resident of Graham, N.C., alive for 10 days while he awaited a heart ...
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The Future is Here: Ventricular Assist Devices for the Failing Heart
The characteristics described in this table are general. The intra-aortic balloon pump has been excluded since to it does not generate its own volume stroke. *Clinical approval of ECMO is variable ...
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ECU Health’s Ventricular Assist Device program celebrates 7th anniversary
The program helps patients with end-stage heart failure get left ventricular assist devices, commonly known as LVADs. The mechanical pump is surgically implanted and is often used as a bridge for ...
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Exploring Ventricular Assist Devices
What are Ventricular Assist Devices? Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) are mechanical heart pumps. 1 They use electrical and mechanical technology to support cardiac functioning by helping blood ...
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Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Change Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Correlates and Association With Prognosis
The association between left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF ... metal stents in 4649 patients and drug‐eluting stents in 5355 patients). After stent implantation, patients were prescribed 200 ...
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Impact of Heart Transplant Allocation Change on Waitlist Mortality and Posttransplant Mortality in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices
In October 2018, the US heart transplant (HT) allocation system was revised giving patients with left ventricular assist device (LVAD) intermediate priority status. Few studies have examined the ...