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Articles tagged "Ventricular assist devices"

  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Could Intravenous Iron Strengthen The Chances Of Heart Transplantation For Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices?

    A. Mardis1, C. Mardis2, J. Barham3, A. Poole3, S. Branham3, R. Napier4, J. Martin3, P. McCann4

    1Department of Pharmacy, Palmetto Health, Columbia, SC, 2Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 3Cardiothoracic Surgery, Palmetto Health, Columbia, SC, 4Cardiology, Palmetto Health, Columbia, SC

    *Purpose: Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is prevalent in patients supported by left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), is associated with functional limitations, and often warrants blood…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Utility of Gallium-67 Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Assist Device Infections

    F. Parkar1, A. Tlamsa2, J. Nistico2, V. A. Muggia2, G. Y. Minamoto2, U. Jorde3, D. J. Goldstein3, R. Moadel1, Y. A. Puius2

    1Division of Nuclear Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, 2Division of Infectious Diseases, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, 3Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

    *Purpose: We routinely use gallium-67 single photon emission computed tomography (67Ga-SPECT-CT) to determine the presence and extent of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) infections. The…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Efficacy of Long-Acting Octreotide in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients with Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding

    T. Wilson1, D. Baran2, J. Herre2, C. Cameron1, W. Old3, G. Zeevi2, C. Barreiro4, C. Kemp4, J. Philpott4, A. Ingemi5

    1Pharmacy Department, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA, 2Advanced Heart Failure Department, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA, 3Bayview Cardiovascular Associates, Norfolk, VA, 4Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA, 5Department of Pharmacy, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA

    *Purpose: Continuous flow ventricular assist device (VAD) patients have a high risk of recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding, often leading to readmission and morbidity. Intramuscular long-acting octreotide…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Caregiving before Thoracic Transplantation–A Qualitative Inquiry

    C. C. Kennedy1, J. Ridgeway1, E. Stevens1, J. Kirsch2, K. Carroll1, J. Griffin1, R. Benzo1

    1Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2University of Florida-Gainesville, Gainesville, FL

    *Purpose: Although post-transplant caregiver (CG) support is a prerequisite for transplant listing, research shows CG outcomes including stress and social functioning may be worse during…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Single vs. Multi-Drug Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    S. Patel,1 J. Choi,1 E. Moncho Escrivà,2 S. Rizvi,1 L. Samuels,1 J. Luc,3 R. Morris,1 H. Massey,1 V. Tchantchaleishvili,1 N. Aburjania.4

    1Division of Cardiac Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; 2University of Granada, Granada, Spain; 3University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; 4Division of Infectious Diseases, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.

    Purpose: Despite the fact that infection remains a major complication of continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (CF-LVAD) therapy, an optimal antimicrobial surgical infection prophylaxis (SIP)…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Institution-Based, Pharmacist-Managed Anticoagulation in Patients with a Left Ventricular Assist Device

    T. Bibb,1 L. Halder,1 D. McDanel,1 A. Briasoulis,2 P. Alvarez,2 K. Horner,1 J. Bhama,3 S. Larson.3

    1Department of Pharmaceutical Care, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA; 2Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA; 3Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA.

    Long-term anticoagulation with warfarin is required for patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). There is limited data of time in therapeutic range (TTR) in…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Infections on Patients with Left Ventricle Assist Devices(LVAD): Allo-Sensitization and Heart Transplantation

    C. Buto-Colletti, P. Kimball, K. Shah, M. Quader.

    Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.

    Background: The impact of post-LVAD infections on allosensitization and heart transplantation (HT) is unknown. High levels of panel reactive antibodies (PRA) preclude HT but the…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Antibodies to Angiotensin Type II Receptor I Are Associated with Primary Graft Dysfunction After Orthotopic Heart Transplant in Patients with Ventricular Assist Device as Bridge to Transplant.

    M. Hickey,1 E. DePasquale,2 S. Shah,3 D. Vucicevic,2 J. Zhang,1 N. Valenzuela,1 M. Deng,2 E. Reed.1

    1UCLA Immunogenetics Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; 2UCLA Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; 3UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

    Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) following orthotopic heart transplant (OHT) is one of the leading causes of posttransplant mortality. We hypothesized that antibody to angiotensin type…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients with a Continuous Flow, Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device.

    J. Glick Frasiolas, I. Li, H. Kim, D. Tsapepas.

    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York.

    Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) increases morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Patients with a ventricular assist device (VAD) are exposed to known risk factors for…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Serial Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Expression Profiling Reveals Inflammatory Genomic Storm Following Mechanical Circulatory Support Surgery.

    G. Godoy,1 G. Bondar,1 A. Esmaeili,1 E. Arellano,1 E. Chang,1 M. Bakir,1 J. Chittoor,1 R. Togashi,1 N. Fazli,1 C. Starling,1 E. Oh,1 S. Toluie,1 Z. Yang,2 D. Tran,1 M. Cadeiras,1 N. Wisniewski,1 M. Kwon,1 J. Schaenman,1 Y. Korin,1 M. Rosetti,1 E. Reed,1 M. Deng.1

    1University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; 2Shanxi Medical University First Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.

    Introduction: The main cause of death in patients with Advanced Heart Failure (AdHF) is the Multi-Organ Dysfunction (MOD) Syndrome. Immune system aberrancy after Mechanical Circulatory…
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