Vol 10, No 2 (March 31, 2021): Continuous-Flow MCS in End-Stage Heart Failure I

Systematic Review

Contemporary outcomes of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices—a systematic review

Nicholas McNamara, Harry Narroway, Michael Williams, John Brookes, James Farag, David Cistulli, Paul Bannon, Silvana Marasco, Evgenij Potapov, Antonio Loforte

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Pages: 186-208
Continuous-flow left ventricular assist device versus orthotopic heart transplantation in adults with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bufan Zhang, Shaohua Guo, Jie Ning, Yiai Li, Zhigang Liu

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Pages: 209-220

Keynote Lecture Series

The left ventricular assist device as a patient monitoring system

Francesco Moscato, Christoph Gross, Martin Maw, Thomas Schlöglhofer, Marcus Granegger, Daniel Zimpfer, Heinrich Schima

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Pages: 221-232
Continuous-flow left ventricular assist device systems infections: current outcomes and management strategies

Nana Aburjania, Christine M. Hay, Muhammad R. Sohail

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Pages: 233-239

Featured Articles

Metabolomic profile of patients with left ventricular assist devices: a pilot study

Filippo Consolo, Luigi Barberini, Claudia Fattuoni, Dmitry Grapov, Andrea Montisci, Federico Pappalardo

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Pages: 240-247
Concomitant cardiac surgery procedures during left ventricular assist device implantation: single-centre experience

Julia Riebandt, Anne Schaefer, Dominik Wiedemann, Thomas Schlöglhofer, Günther Laufer, Sigrid Sandner, Daniel Zimpfer

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Pages: 248-254
Sex differences in outcomes following less-invasive left ventricular assist device implantation

Silvia Mariani, Tong Li, Karl Bounader, Dietmar Boethig, Alexandra Schöde, Jasmin S. Hanke, Jana Michaelis, L. Christian Napp, Dominik Berliner, Guenes Dogan, Roberto Lorusso, Axel Haverich, Jan D. Schmitto

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Pages: 255-267

Editorial

The importance of coronary artery disease and special considerations for left ventricular assist device implantation

Mevlüt Çelik, John M. Stulak, Simon Maltais

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Pages: 268-270
Universal ventricular assist device for right and left circulatory support: the Cleveland Clinic concept

Jamshid H. Karimov, Anthony R. Polakowski, Kiyotaka Fukamachi, Takuma Miyamoto, Christine Flick

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Pages: 271-273
Reinventing the displacement left ventricular assist device in the continuous-flow era: TORVAD, the first toroidal-flow left ventricular assist device

Carlo R. Bartoli, Jeffrey R. Gohean, Richard W. Smalling

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Pages: 274-277
Infant miniaturized continuous-flow pumps and permanent support in Pediatrics

Rachele Adorisio, Maria Grandinetti, Antonio Amodeo

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Pages: 278-280

Art of Operative Techniques

Conventional and alternative sites for left ventricular assist device inflow and outflow cannula placement

Antonio Loforte, Tomaso Bottio, Matteo Attisani, Sofia Martin Suarez, Vincenzo Tarzia, Marco Pocar, Luca Botta, Gino Gerosa, Mauro Rinaldi, Davide Pacini

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Pages: 281-288

Masters of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Less-invasive tools and technique for fully magnetically levitated centrifugal pump implantation

Ivan Netuka, Miroslav Konarik, Martin Pokorny, Peter Ivak, Jiri Maly, Ondrej Szarszoi

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Pages: 289-291
Surgical technique for the implantation of mechanical circulatory support with the Impella 5.0 pump in a patient with post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock

Hamed Al Kalbani, Charles Juvin, Guillaume Lebreton

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Pages: 292-294
Sternal-sparing Jarvik 2000 implantation, heart transplantation and driveline pedestal removal

Antonio Loforte, Gregorio Gliozzi, Giuditta Coppola, Giulio Giovanni Cavalli, Sofia Martin Suarez, Davide Pacini

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Pages: 295-297
Off-pump left ventricular assist device implantation via bilateral mini-thoracotomy in cardiac reoperations: the extrapericardial subxiphoid route

Matteo Attisani, Marco Pocar, Vittoria Lodo, Cristina Barbero, Giovanni Marchetto, Paolo Centofanti, Mauro Rinaldi, Massimo Boffini

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Pages: 298-300

Guest Editors:
Antonio Loforte,
Bologna, Italy;
Evgenij Potapov,
Berlin, Germany