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Increasing the pulsatility of continuos flow VAD: comparison between a valvulated outflow cannula and speed modulation by simulation
To investigate by a lumped parameter model the feasibility of increasing the pulsatility of a continuous flow VAD, implanting an active valvulated...
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Contemporary Management Strategies in VAD Infection
Purpose of ReviewThe use of durable ventricular assist devices (VAD) to manage end-stage heart failure is increasing, but infection remains a leading...
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Nurses and Voluntary Assisted Dying: How the Australian Capital Territory’s Law Could Change the Australian Regulatory Landscape
On June 5, 2024, the Australian Capital Territory passed a law to permit voluntary assisted dying (“VAD”). The Australian Capital Territory became...
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Investigating visual preferences of clinical mechanical anesthetic vibration: a cross-sectional image survey
While mechanical vibration lessens discomfort associated with injection site pain (ISP), many local anesthetic injectors (LAIs) do not use vibratory...
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Hypercholesterolemia and the Increased Risk of Vascular Dementia: a Cholesterol Perspective
Purpose of ReviewVascular dementia (VaD) is the second most prevalent type of dementia after Alzheimer's disease.Hypercholesterolemia may increase...
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Attitudes to End-of-Life Care and Voluntary Assisted Dying Amongst Members of the Australian Jewish community
The implementation of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in the Australian State of Victoria in 2019 has stimulated discussions about end-of-life care...
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Caregivers of patients with long-term implantable ventricular assist device: a republication of the article published in the Japanese Journal of Artificial Organs
Implantable ventricular assist device (VAD) has enabled patients with severe heart failure to be discharged from the hospital and to continue their...
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Correlation of retinal vascular characteristics with laboratory and ocular findings in Fabry disease: exploring ocular diagnostic biomarkers
BackgroundThe goal of this study was to evaluate macular microvascular changes in patients with Fabry disease (FD) using optical coherence tomography...
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Long-term kidney outcomes in pediatric continuous-flow ventricular assist device patients
BackgroundContinuous-flow ventricular assist devices (CF-VADs) are used increasingly in pediatric end-stage heart failure (ESHF) patients. Alongside...
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Investigation of OCTA Biomarkers in Fabry Disease: A Long Term Follow-Up of Macular Vessel Area Density and Foveal Avascular Zone Metrics
IntroductionRetinal microvasculature is known to be altered in patients with Fabry disease (FD). We aimed to investigate the long-term changes in...
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How the Doctrine of Double Effect Rhetoric Harms Patients Seeking Voluntary Assisted Dying
Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic) became the first state law to permit VAD in Australia under limited circumstances from June 2019....
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“Kyushu-style” collaboration between the implantable ventricular assist device implantation and management centers: a republication of the article published in Japanese journal of artificial organs
Collaboration between the implantation centers, management centers, and regional core hospitals is a key factor in securing long-term implantable...
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Vitamin A-related nutrition knowledge gaps and predictors among caregivers of preschool children in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundVitamin A (VA) remains a core micronutrient as VA Deficiency (VAD) in children has persisted as a public health problem in parts of Africa...
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Impact of inflammation and steroids on anti-coagulation in children supported on a ventricular assist device
Critically ill pediatric patients supported on ventricular assist devices (VADs) are increasingly being anticoagulated on bivalirudin, but with...
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Current status and future directions in pediatric ventricular assist device
A ventricular assist device (VAD) is a form of mechanical circulatory support that uses a mechanical pump to partially or fully take over the...
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Cytomegalovirus-positive Posner-Schlossman syndrome: to compare differences in retinal vessel area density between the affected and non-affected eye using optical coherence tomography angiography
PurposeTo analyse differences in the retinal microvasculature in eyes with cytomegalovirus (CMV)-positive Posner-Schlossman syndrome (PSS) compared...
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The effect of acupuncture on oxidative stress in animal models of vascular dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundGrowing evidence showed that acupuncture may improve cognitive function by reducing oxidative stress, key to the pathogenesis in vascular...
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The association between cervical artery dissection and spinal manipulation among US adults
PurposeCervical artery dissection (CeAD), which includes both vertebral artery dissection (VAD) and carotid artery dissection (CAD), is the most...
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Visceral Artery Dissections: Overview, Natural History, and Management
Purpose of reviewSpontaneous and isolated visceral artery dissections (VAD) are rare but potentially life-threatening conditions that occur when...
