Volume 2 (2016)
Original Research
Development and Pilot-Testing of a Patient Decision Aid for Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement
Kristin Kostick, Estevan D. Delgado, Lidija A. Wilhelms, Courtenay R. Bruce, Jerry D. Estep, Matthias Loebe, Charles Minard, and Jennifer S. Blumenthal-Barby
Decrease in Driveline Infections with Change in Driveline Management Protocol
Saima Aslam, Jennifer Dan, Amanda Topik, Michael Belyk, Francesca Torriani, Randy Taplitz, Jorge Silva-Enciso, Denise Barnard, Barry Greenberg, Jack Copeland, Victor Pretorius, and Eric Adler
Pulmonary Congestion (White Lungs) on VA ECMO
Maya Guglin, Andrew Burchett, Thomas Tribble, and Richard Charnigo
Bleeding and Thromboembolic Events in Patients With HeartMate II Mechanical Circulatory Support
Salman Allana, Carrie Chapman, Nancy Sweitzer, Maryl Johnson, Takushi Kohmoto, Margaret Murray, David Murray, Zhanhai Li, and Peter S. Rahko
A Protocol for Collecting Human Cardiac Tissue for Research
Cheavar A. Blair, Premi Haynes, Stuart G. Campbell, Charles Chung, Mihail I. Mitov, Donna Dennis, Mark R. Bonnell, Charles W. Hoopes, Maya Guglin, and Kenneth S. Campbell
Exploring Body Mass Index Changes in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients
Raquel E. Thomas, Corrine Hanson, Glenda Woscyna, and Brian D. Lowes
Outcomes of external repair of HeartMate II™ LVAD percutaneous leads
Jay D. Pal, Claudius Mahr, Jason W. Smith, Todd F. Dardas, Jay Pinette, David J. Farrar, and Nahush A. Mokadam
Caregiver Burden is Low Nine to Twelve Months after Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
Roxana Ghashghaei, Hao Tran, Jorge Silva, Barry H. Greenberg, Denise Barnard, and Eric Adler
Adverse Events in Continuous-Flow LVAD Recipients: Gastrointestinal Bleeding is Still Notable?
Marija Petrovic, Sriram Nathan, Rajko Radovancevic, Indranee Rajapreyar, Kevin J. Dasher, Mehmet H. Akay, Bindu Akkanti, Pranav Loyalka, Biswajit Kar, and Igor D. Gregoric
Tolerability of Intermittent Hemodialysis in a Cohort of Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device
Christopher Areephanthu, Amr Elhusseini, Bennet George, Jessica McAbee, and B. Peter Sawaya
Favorable Outcomes of LVAD as Bridge to Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Transplantation
Vinay Thohan, Ghulam Murtaza, Carlos O. Encarnacion, Nasir Sulemanjee, Omar Cheema, Thomas Hastings, Chi Cho, Frank Downey, and John Crouch
Reviews
What Did We Learn about VADs in 2015?
Maya Guglin
VA-ECMO in Cardiogenic Shock in Adults: Indications and Outcomes
Maya Guglin and Andrew Burchett
Incidence of Pump Thrombosis in HeartMate II during Destination Therapy
Rohan Samson, Abhishek Jaiswal, Frank Smart, and Thierry H. LeJemtel
Total Artificial Heart Imaging and Complications: a Pictorial Review
Carrie K. Gomez and Susan K. Hobbs
Fulminant Necrotizing Eosinophilic Myocarditis: A Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review
Bennet George, Matthew Hager, Virgilius Cornea, William O'Connor, and Maya Guglin
Case Reports
Temporary And Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support For Single Ventricular Failure in an Adult
Joshua L. Hermsen, Jason W. Smith, Jay D. Pal, Agustin Rubio, S. Carolina Masri, Nahush A. Mokadam, Richard K. Cheng, and Claudius Mahr
Orthotopic heart transplant following implantation of a systemic ventricular assist device in a patient with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries and dextrocardia situs inversus totalis
Bree Ann C. Young, Zachariah B. Nealy, Michael F. McGrath, and John M. Herre
The Utility of Remote Hemodynamic Monitoring Devices in Patients with a Ventricular Assist Device
Bennet George, Amanda Hart, Sarah Branam, and Maya Guglin
Normal Lactate Dehydrogenase Does Not Exclude Pump Thrombosis in Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Julie Shelton DO; Bennet George MD; Amanda Hart BSN, RN; and Maya Guglin MD
Acute Appendicitis: A Potential Complication of Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Support
Joshua S. Roark, Akinniran A. Abisogun, and Jason N. Katz
Ligation of The Outflow Graft of The Left Ventricular Assist Device for Management of Hemolysis Due to Pump Thrombosis
Jean Touchan, Alexis Shafii, and Maya Guglin
CardioMEMS™ in LVAD Patients: A Case Series
Maya Guglin, Bennet George, Sarah Branam, and Amanda Hart
The Utility of Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography after Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant: A Case Report
Andrew Parks, Bennet George, Alexis Shafii, Mikel Smith, and Maya Guglin
Fever of Unknown Origin in Patient after Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
Eugenia Raichlin, Sara Varnado, John Y. Um, Michael J. Moulton, and Ronald Zolty Dr
Letter to the Editor
Lung Edema on VA ECMO
Christof Schmid MD