Mechanical Circulatory Assistance

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Placement of 2 implantable centrifugal pumps to serve as a total artificial heart after cardiectomy

February 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 2 | Pages 507-509)

Martin Strueber, Jan D. Schmitto, Ingo Kutschka, Axel Haverich Short communication

507-509
Implantation of a centrifugal pump as a left ventricular assist device through a novel, minimized approach: Upper hemisternotomy combined with anterolateral thoracotomy

February 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 2 | Pages 511-513)

Jan D. Schmitto, Ulrich Molitoris, Axel Haverich, Martin Strueber Short communication

511-513
A decade of pediatric mechanical circulatory support before and after cardiac transplantation

February 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 2 | Pages 344-351)

Jonathan M. Chen, Marc E. Richmond, Kevin Charette, Hiroo Takayama, Mathew Williams, Lisa Gilmore, Alejandro Garcia, Linda J. Addonizio et al. Full-length article

344-351
Predictive value of near-infrared spectroscopy on neurodevelopmental outcome after surgery for congenital heart disease in infancy

January 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 1 | Pages 118-125)

Julie Simons, Erica D. Sood, Christopher D. Derby, Christian Pizarro Full-length article

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Levosimendan is superior to epinephrine in improving myocardial function after cardiopulmonary bypass with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in rats

January 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 1 | Pages 209-214)

Alessio Rungatscher, Daniele Linardi, Maddalena Tessari, Tiziano Menon, Giovanni Battista Luciani, Alessandro Mazzucco, Giuseppe Faggian et al. Full-length article

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209-214
A novel strategy to improve systemic oxygenation in venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: The “χ-configuration”

November 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 5 | Pages 1197-1204)

Massimo Bonacchi, Guy Harmelin, Adriano Peris, Guido Sani Full-length article

1197-1204
The first successful use of the Levitronix PediMag ventricular support device as a biventricular bridge to transplant in an infant

November 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 5 | Pages 1282-1283)

Rabin Gerrah, Kevin Charette, Jonathan M. Chen Short communication

1282-1283
Effect of sensitization in US heart transplant recipients bridged with a ventricular assist device: Update in a modern cohort

November 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 5 | Pages 1236-1245.e1)

George J. Arnaoutakis, Timothy J. George, Arman Kilic, Eric S. Weiss, Stuart D. Russell, John V. Conte, Ashish S. Shah et al. Full-length article

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Repair of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery in infants and children

October 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 4 | Pages 868-874)

Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili, Boris A. Nasseri, Sarah Nordmeyer, Boris Schmitt, Yu-Guo Weng, Wolfgang Böttcher, Michael Hübler, Felix Berger, Roland Hetzer et al. Full-length article

868-874
Transapical miniaturized ventricular assist device: Design and initial testing

September 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 3 | Pages 668-674)

Mark S. Slaughter, Guruprasad A. Giridharan, Dan Tamez, Jeff LaRose, Mike A. Sobieski, Leslie Sherwood, Steven C. Koenig et al. Full-length article

668-674
Successful combined procedure of HeartMate II left ventricular assist device implantation and minimally invasive transapical aortic valve replacement

September 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 3 | Pages 708-709)

Ares K. Menon, Guido Dohmen, Andreas H. Mahnken, Rüdiger Autschbach Short communication

708-709
Endovascular repair of arterio-bronchial fistula of the outflow graft of HeartMate II left ventricular assist device

September 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 3 | Pages 710-711)

Roh Yanagida, Robert Kass, Lawrence Czer, Ali Khoynezhad Short communication

710-711
Management of HeartWare left ventricular assist device thrombosis using intracavitary thrombolytics

September 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 3 | Pages 712-714)

Michael S. Kiernan, Duc Thinh Pham, David DeNofrio, Navin K. Kapur Short communication

712-714
The use of the HeartWare HVAD for long-term right ventricular support after implantation of the HeartMate II device

September 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 3 | Pages e140-e142)

John M. Stulak, Kevin E. Griffith, John M. Nicklas, Francis D. Pagani Short communication

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The sandwich plug technique: Simple, effective, and rapid closure of a mechanical aortic valve prosthesis at left ventricular assist device implantation

August 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 2 | Pages 455-457)

William E. Cohn, O.H. Frazier Short communication

455-457
A critical appraisal of pexelizumab treatment in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

August 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 2 | Page 472)

Gen-Min Lin, Yi-Hwei Li, Chih-Lu Han Correspondence

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Comparative outcomes in cardiogenic shock patients managed with Impella microaxial pump or extracorporeal life support

July 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 1 | Pages 60-65)

Yoan Lamarche, Anson Cheung, Andrew Ignaszewski, Jennifer Higgins, Annemarie Kaan, Donald E.G. Griesdale, Robert Moss et al. Full-length article

60-65
Nonsurround, nonuniform, biventricular-capable direct cardiac compression provides Frank-Starling recruitment independent of left ventricular septal damage

July 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 1 | Pages 209-215)

James Mau, Stuart Menzie, Yifei Huang, Michael Ward, Stephen Hunyor et al. Full-length article

209-215
A technique for implanting outflow cannulas for Berlin Heart EXCOR ventricular assist device in small pediatric patients

July 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 1 | Pages 223-224)

Khanh Nguyen Short communication

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Rat model of cardiopulmonary bypass for deep hypothermic circulatory arrest

June 2011 (Vol. 141 | No. 6 | Pages 1549-1551)

Tom Waterbury, Thomas J. Clark, Scott Niles, Robert Saeid Farivar Short communication

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