Advanced Heart Failure Treated with Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device

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Mark S. Slaughter · Advocate Christ Medical Center

Joseph G. Rogers · Duke Medical Center

Carmelo A. Milano · Duke Medical Center

Stuart D. Russell · Johns Hopkins Hospital

John V. Conte · Johns Hopkins Hospital

David S. Feldman · The Ohio State University

Benjamin Sun ·

Abstract

Treatment with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device in patients with advanced heart failure significantly improved the probability of survival free from stroke and device failure at 2 years as compared with a pulsatile device. Both devices significantly improved the quality of life and functional capacity. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00121485.)

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Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 361, Issue 23, pp. 2241-2251

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0909938

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