Vol 3, No 6 (November 30, 2014): Mechanical Circulatory Support (II)

Systematic Review

Durability of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: a systematic review

Ashleigh Xie, Kevin Phan, Tristan D. Yan

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Pages: 547-556

Keynote Lecture Series

Technique for minimizing and treating driveline infections

Leora T. Yarboro, James D. Bergin, Jamie L. W. Kennedy, Carole C. Ballew, Emily M. Benton, Gorav Ailawadi, John A. Kern

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Pages: 557-562

Featured Articles

Minimally invasive and alternative approaches for long-term LVAD placement: the Vanderbilt strategy

Simon Maltais, Mary E. Davis, Nicholas Haglund

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Pages: 563-569
Ventricular assist device implantation in the elderly

William Hiesinger, Jack H. Boyd, Y. Joseph Woo

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Pages: 570-572
Comparison of continuous-flow and pulsatile-flow left ventricular assist devices: is there an advantage to pulsatility?

Allen Cheng, Christine A. Williamitis, Mark S. Slaughter

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Pages: 573-581
Hemorrhage and thrombosis with different LVAD technologies: a matter of flow?

Vincenzo Tarzia, Edward Buratto, Giacomo Bortolussi, Michele Gallo, Jonida Bejko, Roberto Bianco, Tomaso Bottio, Gino Gerosa

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Pages: 582-584

Research Highlight

Biventricular VAD versus LVAD for right heart failure

David Boulate, Michael A. Marques, Richard Ha, Dipanjan Banerjee, Francois Haddad

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Pages: 585-588
Impact of reverse remodeling on cardiac function

Jeffrey A. Morgan, Gaetano Paone

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Pages: 589-594

Perspective

Present and future perspectives on total artificial hearts

Gino Gerosa, Silvia Scuri, Laura Iop, Gianluca Torregrossa

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Pages: 595-602
VAD therapy 20/20: moving beyond the myopic view of a nascent therapy

Adam D. DeVore, Carmelo A. Milano, Joseph G. Rogers

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Pages: 603-605
Evolving strategies in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction-induced cardiogenic shock

Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili, Heidi Schubmehl, Michael F. Swartz, William Hallinan, H. Todd Massey

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Pages: 606-611

Art of Operative Techniques

SynCardia: the total artificial heart

Gianluca Torregrossa, Anelechi Anyanwu, Fabio Zucchetta, Gino Gerosa

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Pages: 612-620

Masters of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Jarvik 2000: evolution of surgical implantation from conventional to minimally invasive technique

Vincenzo Tarzia, Edward Buratto, Carlo Dal Lin, Michele Gallo, Giacomo Bortolussi, Jonida Bejko, Tomaso Bottio, Gino Gerosa

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Pages: 621-623
Surgical implantation of the CardioWest Total Artificial Heart

Vincenzo Tarzia, Edward Buratto, Michele Gallo, Giacomo Bortolussi, Jonida Bejko, Carlo Dal Lin, Gianluca Torregrossa, Roberto Bianco, Tomaso Bottio, Gino Gerosa

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Pages: 624-625

Safeguards and Pitfalls

Preoperative patient optimization for mechanical circulatory support

Brian A. Houston, Stuart D. Russell

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Pages: 626-629
Concomitant surgery during ventricular assist device implantation

Alexander Stepanenko, Evgenij V. Potapov, Yuguo Weng, Miralem Pasic, Thomas Krabatsch, Roland Hetzer

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Pages: 630-631

ACS Patient Page

Heart failure

Christopher Harris, Beth Croce, Ashleigh Xie

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Pages: 632

Guest Editors:
Gino Gerosa and
Andrea Colli,
Padova, Italy

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