Issue 3/2018
Content (24 Articles)
Left heart pressures can be the key to know the limitation of left ventricular assist device support against progression of aortic insufficiency
Kei Iizuka, Tomohiro Nishinaka, Noritsugu Naito, Daichi Akiyama, Yoshiaki Takewa, Kenji Yamazaki, Eisuke Tatsumi
Blood stream infection is associated with cerebrovascular accident in patients with left ventricular assist device: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Napatt Kanjanahattakij, Benjamin Horn, Basma Abdulhadi, Nicha Wongjarupong, Kenechukwu Mezue, Pattara Rattanawong
Sleep and self-care correlates before and after implantation of a left-ventricular assist device (LVAD)
Jesus M. Casida, Jean E. Davis, Francis D. Pagani, James E. Aikens, Celeste Williams, James J. Yang
Acute kidney injury after implantation of a left ventricular assist device: a comparison of axial-flow (HeartMate II) and centrifugal-flow (HeartWare HVAD) devices
Azeen Anjum, Chitaru Kurihara, Andre Critsinelis, Masashi Kawabori, Tadahisa Sugiura, Andrew B. Civitello, Whitson B. Etheridge, Reynolds M. Delgado, Leo Simpson, Joggy K. George, Ajith P. Nair, O. H. Frazier, Jeffrey A. Morgan
The use of VV-ECMO in patients with drug dependencies
George Stoyle, Peter Fawcett, Ignacio Malagon
Weaning from prolonged veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) after transfer to a specialized center: a retrospective study
Frederik Seiler, Franziska C. Trudzinski, Sabrina I. Hörsch, Annegret Kamp, Carlos Metz, Monika Flaig, Mohammad Alqudrah, Holger Wehrfritz, Markus Kredel, Ralf M. Muellenbach, Hendrik Haake, Robert Bals, Philipp M. Lepper
The scalographic pattern of Morlet continuous wavelet transform can differentiate bileaflet valve function
Hiroshi Sugiki, Kenji Sugiki
Design of in situ porcine closed-circuit system for assessing blood-contacting biomaterials
Maria Chiara Munisso, Atsushi Mahara, Tetsuji Yamaoka
Comparison of tracheal reconstruction with allograft, fresh xenograft and artificial trachea scaffold in a rabbit model
Jae Yeon Lee, Jeong Hun Park, Dong-Woo Cho
Continuous hemofiltration model using porcine blood for comparing filter life
Yoshitaka Kurihara, Shunichi Ueki, Kenichi Kokubo, Yuta Kobayashi, Tomoyo Ebine, Kaya Murakami, Yosuke Ushiroda, Naoko Maruyama, Hiroshi Tsukao, Kozue Kobayashi, Hirosuke Kobayashi
Effect of improved navigation performance on the accuracy of implant placement in total hip arthroplasty with a CT-based navigation system
Ichiro Nakahara, Takayuki Kyo, Yasuo Kuroda, Hidenobu Miki
To what extent can 3D model replicate dimensions of individual mitral valve prolapse?
Takashi Shirakawa, Masao Yoshitatsu, Yasushi Koyama, Akira Kurata, Toru Miyoshi, Hiroki Mizoguchi, Takafumi Masai, Koichi Toda, Yoshiki Sawa
Colonic fistula caused by remaining inflow cannula 14 years after left ventricular assist device explantation
Shunsuke Saito, Koichi Toda, Shigeru Miyagawa, Yasushi Yoshikawa, Hiroki Hata, Keitaro Domae, Ryohei Matsuura, Yoshiki Sawa
Internal driveline damage under the costal margin several years after HeartMate II implant: a series of three cases
Mitsugu Ogawa, Muhammad F. Masood, Gregory A. Ewald, Justin M. Vader, Shane J. LaRue, Allen Cheng, Keki R. Balsara, Akinobu Itoh
Anticoagulation management during cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome
Tatsuya Seki, Yasushige Shingu, Hiroshi Sugiki, Satoru Wakasa, Hiroki Katoh, Tomonori Ooka, Tsuyoshi Tachibana, Suguru Kubota, Yoshiro Matsui
Prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for pediatric necrotizing pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumonia and influenza H1N1 co-infection: how long should we wait for native lung recovery?
Gerard Cortina, Christian Niederwanger, Uwe Klingkowski, Corinna Velik-Salchner, Nikolaus Neu
Extracorporeal life support for immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia
Kollengode Ramanathan, Julian K. Svasti, Graeme MacLaren
Exogenous surfactant as a bridge to prolonged “total lung rest” in severely injured patient during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Peter Sklienka, Jan Maca, Filip Bursa, Jan Neiser, Roman Kula, Marcela Kanova, Tomas Danek, Pavel Sevcik
Immunoadsorption plasmapheresis treatment for the recurrent exacerbation of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder with a fluctuating anti-aquaporin-4 antibody level
Hiroaki Nishimura, Hideki Enokida, Taiji Sakamoto, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Hiroshi Hayami, Masayuki Nakagawa
Anatomical study of the Cleveland Clinic continuous-flow total artificial heart in adult and pediatric configurations
Kiyotaka Fukamachi, Jamshid H. Karimov, Nicole A. Byram, Gengo Sunagawa, Raymond Dessoffy, Takuma Miyamoto, David J. Horvath
Wall thickness control in biotubes prepared using type-C mold
Takeshi Terazawa, Takanori Nishimura, Tomohiro Mitani, Osamu Ichii, Teppei Ikeda, Keigo Kosenda, Eisuke Tatsumi, Yasuhide Nakayama
Simple method to make a supersaturated oxygen fluid
Yoshihiro Tange, Shigenori Yoshitake, Shingo Takesawa
Effect of obesity on postoperative outcomes in patients with left ventricular assist device
Orhan Gokalp, Hasan Iner, Yuksel Besir, Nihan Karakas Yesilkaya, Gamze Gokalp, Kazim Ergunes, Sahin Iscan
Effect of obesity on outcomes in patients who undergo implantation of a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device
Nastasya Volkovicher, Chitaru Kurihara, Andre C. Critsinelis, Masashi Kawabori, Tadahisa Sugiura, Marcos A. Manon II, Andrew B. Civitello, Jeffrey A. Morgan