Left ventricular assist device for stress-induced cardiomyopathy after postpartum hemorrhage

Ventricular arrhythmias after left ventricular assist device.

Design an Equivalent Left Ventricular Assist Device for Medical Equipment Labs

LVAD is a mechanical pump supporting a weak heart function and blood flow. Sometimes, the heart may not recover fast enough to take over the pumping action immediately after surgery, in such patients a temporary support device has been employed to maintain the pumping action until the patient’s own heart recovers. This device can be considered as a temporary alternative before the process of ar...

Sexual function after left ventricular assist device.

To the Editor: Impaired sexual function is common in patients with heart failure (1) and following cardiac transplant. Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) improve survival, functional capacity, and quality of life for end-stage heart failure, but data regarding their impact on sexual function and satisfaction are limited to early devices and one small sample of continuous-flow devices from ...

Metabolic Reprogramming After Left€Ventricular Assist Device

D espite impressive changes at the organ, tissue and cellular level in myocardial reverse remodeling with left ventricular assist device support, reprogramming the presumed “endstage” human heart toward the nonfailing phenotype has not been convincingly demonstrated (1–5). Many have questioned the possibility of achieving sustained myocardial “recovery” using our current technology, leading to ...

Ventricular arrhythmias after left ventricular assist device implantation.

BACKGROUND Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have been used as a bridge to cardiac transplantation and as destination therapy in patients with advanced heart failure. The period after LVAD support is associated with ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) despite ventricular unloading and such VAs can have a detrimental effect on survival. Despite the increasing use of LVAD, little is known regardi...