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Significant impact of left ventricular assist device models on the value of flow-mediated dilation: effects of LVAD on endothelial function
The precise physiological changes associated with the use of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) are not well characterized. We examined the impact of changes in hemodynamic state using LVAD on endothelial f...
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Correction to: High-intensity aerobic interval training can lead to improvement in skeletal muscle power among in-hospital patients with advanced heart failure
In the original publication of the article, the unit of hand in Fig. 2 was wrongly given as “N/kg” instead of “kg”.
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High-intensity aerobic interval training can lead to improvement in skeletal muscle power among in-hospital patients with advanced heart failure
This study investigated the effectiveness and safety of interval training during in-hospital treatment of patients with advanced heart failure. Twenty-four consecutive patients with advanced symptomatic heart ...
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Open AccessSuccessful bridge to recovery in fulminant myocarditis using a biventricular assist device: a case report
Fulminant myocarditis is a life-threatening disease, and myocardial damage expands the right ventricle as well as the left ventricle in some cases. There is a mortality rate of over 40% in patients with fulmin...
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Open AccessOptimization of pressure settings during adaptive servo-ventilation support using real-time heart rate variability assessment: initial case report
Adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) therapy is a recent non-invasive positive pressure ventilation therapy that was developed for patients with heart failure (HF) refractory to optimal medical therapy. However, i...
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Is cardiopulmonary exercise testing essential to indicate ventricular assist device implantation in patients with INTERMACS profile 4–7?
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPXT) is a promising tool for predicting 2-year cardiac death or ventricular assist device (VAD) implantation in patients assigned to INTERMACS profile 4–7. However, CPXT is n...
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A case of interferon-α-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension after living donor liver transplantation
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive and life-threatening disease characterized by elevated pulmonary vascular resistance, which results in right-heart failure. We present a case of interfero...
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Preoperative iodine-123 meta-iodobenzylguanidine imaging is a novel predictor of left ventricular reverse remodeling during treatment with a left ventricular assist device
Although left ventricular reverse remodeling (LVRR) is accompanied with an improved clinical course during LV assist device (LVAD) treatment, its preoperative prediction remains uncertain. Twenty-seven heart f...
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Biventricular failure with low pulmonary vascular resistance was managed by left ventricular assist device alone without right-sided mechanical support
How to manage preoperative right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) in heart failure patients without cardiogenic shock remains as a matter to be debated because implantable biventricular assist device treatment ha...
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Readmission due to driveline infection can be predicted by new score by using serum albumin and body mass index during long-term left ventricular assist device support
Survival in patients with continuous flow left ventricular assist device (CF LVAD) had been increased owing to improved perioperative management procedures. The second target for successful long-term LVAD trea...
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Lower rotation speed stimulates sympathetic activation during continuous-flow left ventricular assist device treatment
Although the suppression of sympathetic activity is an essential mission for the current heart failure treatment strategy, little is known about the relationship between the rotation speed setting and autonomi...
