Mechanical Circulatory Assistance

Contributing journals to this CTSNet collection:
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals, and Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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Original Articles: Cardiovascular
Disease-specific remodeling of cardiac mitochondria after a left ventricular assist device

Paul M. Heerdt, Michael Schlame, Roswitha Jehle, Alessandro Barbone, Daniel Burkhoff, and Thomas J.J. Blanck
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2002; 73: 1216-1221. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Case Reports
Eosinophilic heart disease with vasculitis: supported by HeartMate left ventricular assist device and heart transplantation

Chiao-Po Hsu, Shiao-Hwang Chang, Jih-Shiuan Wang, Chun-Che Shih, Shiau-Ting Lai, and An-Hang Yang
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2002; 73: 1307-1310. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

How To Do It
Implant technique for the Jarvik 2000 heart

Stephen Westaby, O.H. Frazier, David W. Pigott, Satoshi Saito, and Robert K. Jarvik
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2002; 73: 1337-1340. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Original articles
Activityrest stimulation protocol improves cardiac assistance in dynamic cardiomyoplasty

Gianluca Rigatelli, Ugo Carraro, Mario Barbiero, Mario Zanchetta, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Franco Cobelli, Riccardo Riccardi, and Giorgio Rigatelli
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2002; 21: 478-482. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

How to do it
Implantation of the permanent Jarvik-2000 left-ventricular-assist-device: surgical technique

M.P. Siegenthaler, J. Martin, O.H. Frazier, and F. Beyersdorf
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2002; 21: 546-548. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY (CSP)
Transitory immunologic response after implantation of the DeBakey VAD continuous-axial-flow pump

H. J. Ankersmit, G. Wieselthaler, B. Moser, S. Gerlitz, G. Roth, G. Boltz-Nitulescu, and E. Wolner
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2002; 123: 557-561. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Original Articles: Cardiovascular
Right ventricular dysfunction and organ failure in left ventricular assist device recipients: a continuing problem

Minoo N. Kavarana, Melissa S. Pessin-Minsley, Jacqueline Urtecho, Katharine A. Catanese, Margaret Flannery, Mehmet C. Oz, and Yoshifumi Naka
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2002; 73: 745-750. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Correspondence
Preoperative IABP in high-risk patients reduces postoperative lactate release and subsequent mortality

Jan T. Christenson and Marc Cohen
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2002; 73: 1026-1027. [Full text] [PDF] ?

Correspondence
Preoperative IABP in high-risk patients reduces postoperative lactate release and subsequent mortality: Reply

Andrew Davies, Rinaldo Bellomo, Jai Raman, Geoffrey Gutteridge, and Brian Buxton
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2002; 73: 1027. [Full text] [PDF] ?

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
Successful use of activated recombinant factor VII to control bleeding abnormalities in a patient with a left ventricular assist device

Miroslaw Garlicki, Jerzy Domagala, Karol Wierzbicki, Rafal Drwila, Roman Pfitzner, and Antoni Dziatkowiak
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2002; 123: 384-385. [Full text] [PDF] ?