The Ethics Committee of the Columbia Presbyterian Center of The New York Presbyterian Hospital has drafted a statement that patients and physicians must review together prior to …

Aims: Unloading-promoted reversal of heart failure (HF) allows long-term transplant-free outcome after ventricular assist device (VAD) removal. However, because few patients with chronic …

Transcatheter LVAD decommissioning, with outflow graft occlusion and driveline transection, has recently been described as an alternative to surgical removal. Here, we report on a …

Ventricular assist device (VAD)-induced myocardial recovery is possible but rare. Keys to success are patient selection, surgical strategy, and specialized expertise for VAD weaning and …

VAD care is product-dependent and, while some basic actions are universal to dressing management, septum swabbing, and catheter flushing, it is important to understand the …

Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) withdrawal with ventricular recovery represents the optimal outcome for patients previously implanted with an LVAD. The aim of this systematic review …

During VAD removal, which was performed on the beating heart in all our weaned patients, we aimed to leave the intrathoracic part of both cannulas in place after they were reliably occluded …

Currently, we recommend approaching VAD removal in bridge to removal patients using one of the described minimally invasive techniques to avoid the need for redo sternotomy and …

2008年9月30日 · In idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, left VAD removal can be successful for >12 years even with incomplete cardiac recovery. Pre-explantation left ventricular ejection fraction, …

Currently, we recommend approaching VAD removal in bridge to removal patients using one of the described minimally invasive techniques to avoid the need for redo sternotomy and …