[HTML][HTML] 2021 guideline for the prevention of stroke in patients with stroke and transient ischemic attack: a guideline from the American Heart Association/American …

DO Kleindorfer, A Towfighi, S Chaturvedi, KM Cockroft… - Stroke, 2021 - journals.lww.com
1. Specific recommendations for prevention strategies often depend on the ischemic
stroke/transient ischemic attack subtype. Therefore, new in this guideline is a section …

Evaluation and management of right-sided heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

MA Konstam, MS Kiernan, D Bernstein, B Bozkurt… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: The diverse causes of right-sided heart failure (RHF) include,
among others, primary cardiomyopathies with right ventricular (RV) involvement, RV …

American Association for Thoracic Surgery/International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation guidelines on selected topics in mechanical circulatory support

JK Kirklin, FD Pagani, DJ Goldstein, R John… - The Journal of Heart …, 2020 - jhltonline.org
Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) evolved from an engineering dream to clinical reality
during the 1980s when increasing numbers of patients were dying on heart transplant wait …

Risk factors, mortality, and timing of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke with left ventricular assist devices

JA Frontera, R Starling, SM Cho, AS Nowacki… - The Journal of Heart and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Stroke is a major cause of mortality after left ventricular assist device (LVAD)
placement. Methods Prospectively collected data of patients with HeartMate II (n= 332) and …

[HTML][HTML] Adverse events in contemporary continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: a multi-institutional comparison shows significant differences

JM Stulak, ME Davis, N Haglund, S Dunlay… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives We review differences in the incidence and timing of adverse events in patients
implanted with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), using the Mechanical …

Evolution of left ventricular assist device therapy for advanced heart failure: a review

LW Miller, JG Rogers - JAMA cardiology, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The mortality rate for the most advanced forms of heart failure with medical
therapy alone remains unacceptably high at 30% to 80% at 1 year. In the past decade, left …

Comprehensive review and suggested strategies for the detection and management of aortic insufficiency in patients with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist …

J Cowger, V Rao, T Massey, B Sun… - The Journal of Heart …, 2015 - jhltonline.org
With over 6,000 implants annually worldwide, continuousflow left ventricular assist devices
(CF-LVADs) have become a widely accepted treatment modality for advanced heart failure …

Concomitant mitral valve procedures in patients undergoing implantation of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: an INTERMACS database analysis

JO Robertson, DC Naftel, SL Myers, RJ Tedford… - The Journal of Heart and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Management of existing mitral valve (MV) disease in patients undergoing left
ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation remains controversial. Methods Among …

Left lateral thoracotomy for centrifugal continuous-flow left ventricular assist device placement: an analysis from the mechanical circulatory support research network

S Maltais, LA Anwer, V Tchantchaleishvili… - Asaio …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (CF-LVADs) have revolutionized the
management of patients with advanced heart failure. Alternative implant strategies are …

Impact of center left ventricular assist device volume on outcomes after implantation: an INTERMACS analysis

JA Cowger, JM Stulak, P Shah, TF Dardas… - JACC: Heart Failure, 2017 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study examined patient outcomes after left ventricular assist device (LVAD)
implantation across a range of center surgical volumes. Background: In order for a center to …