Heart failure in older adults: Medical management and advanced therapies

E Liu, BC Lampert - Geriatrics, 2022 - mdpi.com
As the population ages and the prevalence of heart failure increases, cardiologists and
geriatricians can expect to see more elderly patients with heart failure in their everyday …

Healthcare consumption of patients with left ventricular assist device: real-world data

L Bosch, PPM Zwetsloot, M Brons, GPJ van Hout… - Netherlands Heart …, 2024 - Springer
Background A left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a life-saving but intensive therapy for
patients with end-stage heart failure. We evaluated the healthcare consumption in a cohort …

[HTML][HTML] Association between malnutrition risk and the prognosis of geriatric heart failure patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation

R Shi, Z Li, X Duan, J Luo, Y Luo, Q Wu, D Chen… - The Journal of nutrition …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Evidence regarding the association between malnutrition risk and the
prognosis of geriatric heart failure (HF) patients undergoing left ventricular assist device …

Relation of sociodemographic factors with primary cause of hospitalization among patients with left ventricular assist devices (from the National Inpatient Sample 2012 …

J Cai, W Xia, P Greenberg, I Okwuosa… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are an established intervention for end-stage heart
failure (HF). Rehospitalization for serious complications remains common during the …

Hospital Readmissions in Patients Supported with Durable Centrifugal-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices

CP Kyriakopoulos, CH Selzman… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Centrifugal-flow left ventricular assist devices (CF-LVADs) have improved
morbidity and mortality for their recipients. Hospital readmissions remain common …

Mechanical circulatory support devices in geriatric patients: more than just age

A Notarianni, B Patel - Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Mechanical circulatory support devices in geriatric patients... : Current Opinion in
Anesthesiology Mechanical circulatory support devices in geriatric patients: more than just …

Left ventricular assist devices in the elderly: Marching forward with cautions

PC Patel, B Sareyyupoglu… - Journal of Cardiac …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Congestive heart failure is highly prevalent in the elderly population and left ventricular
assist device (LVAD) has been increasingly used in this population. LVAD therapy is more …