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  2. Ventricular assist device - Wikipedia

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    According to a retrospective cohort study comparing patients treated with a left ventricular assist device versus inotrope therapy while awaiting heart transplantation, the group treated with LVAD had improved clinical and metabolic function at the time of transplant with better blood pressure, sodium, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine.

  3. Destination therapy - Wikipedia

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    In 2000, the Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance for the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure (REMATCH) trial was conducted. REMATCH was a multi-center study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to compare long-term implantation of left ventricular assist devices with optimal medical management for patients with end-stage heart failure who require, but do not ...

  4. Pump thrombosis - Wikipedia

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    It has received reports and information from a variety of sources indicating an increase in the rate of pump thrombosis events in patients implanted with LVADs. Information also shows that patients are experiencing pump thrombosis events earlier than observed during the clinical trials conducted to support product approvals in 2008 Bridge To ...

  5. Thoratec - Wikipedia

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    With the 2001 Thermo Cardiosystems merger, Thoratec acquired the HeartMate Left Ventricular Assist System, an implanted VAD for end-stage heart patients. A landmark three-year study of 129 patients at 22 major medical centers, called REMATCH (Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance for the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure) and published in November 2001, found that the HeartMate VE ...

  6. ReliantHeart Inc. - Wikipedia

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    The HeartAssist5 is a modern version of the DeBakey VAD [10] and as of December 2014 was the only remotely monitored medical device in the world. [8] It was first approved for use in Europe in 2009 under MicroMed Cardiovascular, Inc. [11] The HeartAssist5 is in use in Europe [10] as a destination therapy by patients who are not candidates to receive heart transplants and as a bridge to ...

  7. Stem cell therapy to correct heart failure in children could ...

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    Doctors and specialists at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia, are studying and reprogramming the potential of the blood to treat heart failure in children.

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