Vol 10, No 3 (May 31, 2021): Continuous-Flow MCS in End-Stage Heart Failure II

Systematic Review

Development of malignancies and their outcomes in patients supported on continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices—a systematic review

Elizabeth J. Maynes, Jonathan S. Gordon, Matthew P. Weber, Thomas J. O’Malley, Tyler M. Bauer, Chelsey T. Wood, Rohinton J. Morris, Louis E. Samuels, John W. Entwistle, H. Todd Massey, Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili

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Pages: 301-310
Contemporary outcomes of continuous-flow biventricular assist devices

James Farag, Kei Woldendorp, Nicholas McNamara, Paul G. Bannon, Silvana F. Marasco, Antonio Loforte, Evgenij V. Potapov

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Pages: 311-328

Keynote Lecture Series

Pediatric ventricular assist device registries: update and perspectives in the era of miniaturized continuous-flow pumps

Kevin M. Lichtenstein, Hari P. Tunuguntla, David M. Peng, Holger Buchholz, Jennifer Conway

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Pages: 329-338
Exercise physiology in left ventricular assist device patients: insights from hemodynamic simulations

Libera Fresiello, Christoph Gross, Steven Jacobs

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Pages: 339-352

Featured Articles

Impact of extra-corporeal life support (ECLS) cannulation strategy on outcome after durable mechanical circulation support system implantation on behalf of durable MCS after ECLS Study Group

Diyar Saeed, Evgenij Potapov, Antonio Loforte, Michiel Morshuis, David Schibilsky, Daniel Zimpfer, Julia Riebandt, Federico Pappalardo, Matteo Attisani, Mauro Rinaldi, Davide Pacini, Assad Haneya, Faiz Ramjankhan, Dirk W. Donker, Ulrich P. Jorde, Wolfgang Otto, Julia Stein, Dmytro Tsyganenko, Ameen Al-Naamani, Radi Wieloch, Rafael Ayala, Jochen Cremer, Michael Borger, Artur Lichtenberg, Jan Gummert

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Pages: 353-363
Development of tricuspid regurgitation and right ventricular performance after implantation of centrifugal left ventricular assist devices

Johanna Mulzer, Hristo Krastev, Christoph Hoermandinger, Alexander Meyer, Thomas Haese, Julia Stein, Marcus Müller, Felix Schoenrath, Christoph Knosalla, Christoph Starck, Volkmar Falk, Evgenij Potapov, Jan Knierim

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Pages: 364-374
Computational sentiment analysis of an online left ventricular assist device support forum: positivity predominates

Melissa A. Austin, Abhiraj Saxena, Thomas J. O’Malley, Elizabeth J. Maynes, Henry Moncure, Nathan Ott, H. Todd Massey, Francesco Moscato, Antonio Loforte, John M. Stulak, Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili

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Pages: 375-382

Editorial

Forward-thinking design solutions for mechanical circulatory support: multifunctional hybrid continuous-flow ventricular assist device technology

Amy Throckmorton, Ellen Garven, Matthew Hirschhorn, Steven Day, Randy Stevens, Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili

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Pages: 383-385
The role of the ventricular assist device coordinator: quo vadis?

Sarah E. Schroeder, Silvia Boschi, Thomas Schlöglhofer

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Pages: 386-388
Pathologic von Willebrand factor degradation is a major contributor to left ventricular assist device-associated bleeding: pathophysiology and evolving clinical management

Carlo R. Bartoli

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Pages: 389-392
Elimination of drive exit line: transcutaneous energy transmission

Yuriy Pya, Aigerim Abdiorazova

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Pages: 393-395
Evolving perspectives on mechanical circulatory support biocompatibility and interfaces

Marvin J. Slepian, Joseph Italiano, Danny Bluestein, Jawaad Sheriff, Yana Roka-Moiia

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Pages: 396-398
Management of increased systemic flow requirements in patients with left ventricular assist devices

Sascha Ott, Pia Lanmüller, Gaik Nersesian, Christoph T. Starck, Benjamin O’Brien, Volkmar Falk, Evgenij Potapov

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Pages: 399-401

Masters of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Myocardial function recovery interventional assessment and surgical pump removal

Johanna Mulzer, Marcus Mueller, Jan Knierim, Pia Lanmueller, Evgenij Potapov

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Pages: 402-404
Resolution of sudden left ventricular assist device failure due to outflow graft narrowing

Andrea Montalto, Rocco Stio, Mariano Feccia, Marina Comisso, Romina Pantanella, Francesco Musumeci

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Pages: 405-407
Continuous-flow biventricular mechanical support implantation strategies

Jaime-Jürgen Eulert-Grehn, Pia Lanmüller, Christoph Starck, Felix Hennig, Stephan Jacobs, Volkmar Falk, Evgenij Potapov

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Pages: 408-410

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