Left ventricular assist device, aka the pump! Cardiac transplantation is an option for patients with severe heart failure, and a left ventricular assist device, or LVAD, may help to bridge a patient while awaiting transplantation.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/DrChriss1
πŸ“…︎ Sep 23 2021
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Left ventricular assist device, aka the pump
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πŸ‘€︎ u/GiorgioMD
πŸ“…︎ Oct 18 2021
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[Article] Implantable cardioverter defibrillators in left ventricular assist device patients: Ξ‘ systematic review and meta-analysis

DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.05.014

PMID: 34176727

URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34176727/

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πŸ‘€︎ u/abdulmoeed11
πŸ“…︎ Sep 22 2021
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She looked on in horror as I reached over her hospital bed to unplug her ventricular assist device.

Realization washed over her, the experiment was a success and she would live as my test subject forever.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/T-800_UncleBob
πŸ“…︎ Sep 13 2021
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A team of BME researchers is developing a self-contained, non-blood-contracting ventricular assist device that uses muscle power to support the failing heart.⁠ v.redd.it/km6ykiu3y7n61
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Jay-Wevolver
πŸ“…︎ Mar 15 2021
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FDA Alerts Health Care Providers to Stop New Implants of Certain Ventricular Assist Device System fda.gov/news-events/press…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/joshmaxd
πŸ“…︎ Jun 03 2021
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COVID‐19 infection in left ventricular assist device patients onlinelibrary.wiley.com/d…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/bustead
πŸ“…︎ Aug 26 2020
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A ventricular assist device (VAD) is an electromechanical device for assisting cardiac circulation, which is used either to partially or to completely replace the function of a failing heart.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Surgeox
πŸ“…︎ Jul 02 2019
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TIL: A left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a pump that that assists the hart during end stage heart failure. It is run by battery and people that have one will not have a pulse and will continue to pump blood after their death. epmonthly.com/article/the…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/maxxxam1599
πŸ“…︎ Jul 23 2019
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A team of BME researchers is developing a self-contained, non-blood-contracting ventricular assist device that uses muscle power to support the failing heart. v.redd.it/mbt9e92nf8j51
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Jay-Wevolver
πŸ“…︎ Aug 26 2020
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A team of BME researchers is developing a self-contained, non-blood-contracting ventricular assist device that uses muscle power to support the failing heart. v.redd.it/bo9u7lmilb751
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Jay-Wevolver
πŸ“…︎ Jun 26 2020
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[NEWS] CMS seeks to ease rules on artificial heart, ventricular assist device coverage
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πŸ‘€︎ u/FannieLouNetwork
πŸ“…︎ Aug 14 2020
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Compassionate exemption from FDA for patient who was too small for the only approved HeartMate 3 ventricular assist device at the time. Drs ask for an exemption for a ring approved only in Europe allowing 12 yo Lizneidy to become the youngest & smallest person in the country to receive the implant. med.stanford.edu/news/all…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/idbearadish
πŸ“…︎ Feb 14 2020
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Dick Cheney's body no longer has full autonomic control of his heart, has a VAD (Ventricular Assist Device) installed last week. Due to the fact that this device now pumps his left ventricle, he officially has no pulse. washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/kuruptr
πŸ“…︎ Jul 15 2010
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This is a real device known as the LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device), which is a surgically implanted mechanical heart pump used in case of heart failure and other heart diseases.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/GiorgioMD
πŸ“…︎ Mar 08 2018
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A 36-year-old man was admitted to the ICU with an acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure. After a ventricular assist device was placed & anticoagulation therapy initiated, hemoptysis developed, and he expectorated a cast of the right bronchial tree.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Darqseyd
πŸ“…︎ Dec 05 2018
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If abortion is now considered murder in Ohio due to the presence of a heart beat, does that imply that it's not considered murder in Ohio to kill someone who does not have a heart beat, such as those who are kept alive with a left ventricular assist device?
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πŸ‘€︎ u/PurpleFlame8
πŸ“…︎ Apr 12 2019
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Blood group O patients awaiting heart transplant should be considered for left ventricular assist devices early.. journals.lww.com/asaiojou…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Gaurang_md
πŸ“…︎ Oct 09 2019
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This is a real device known as the LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device), which is a surgically implanted mechanical heart pump used in case of heart failure and other heart diseases.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/GiorgioMD
πŸ“…︎ Mar 08 2018
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If a male is dead with no brain activity but has a machine pumping the blood throughout their body, like a ventricular assist device, could that man orgasm? No neurological activity just blood flowing through a dead body.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/wady180
πŸ“…︎ Jul 26 2019
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A human heart with attached with a left ventricular assist device
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Granjaguar
πŸ“…︎ Jun 20 2018
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Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) In India For Heart Failure bestheartsurgeoninindia.c…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/drrajneesh123
πŸ“…︎ Jun 11 2019
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[#11|+16466|841] A 36-year-old man was admitted to the ICU for congestive heart failure exacerbation. After a ventricular assist device was placed and anticoagulation therapy initiated, he started coughing up blood. During a bad episode, he coughed up a cast of the right b... [/r/interestingasfuck] reddit.com/r/interestinga…
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πŸ“…︎ Nov 30 2018
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