Volume 4 (2018)
Editorial
Approach to Unresponsive Patient with LVAD
Maya Guglin
Original Research
Management of aortic insufficiency in patients with left ventricular assist device ̶ a retrospective analysis
Hartmuth B. Bittner
Exploring the “Weekend Effect” on the Care of Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Gbolahan O. Ogunbayo, Le Dung Ha, Naoki Misumida, Ayman Elbadawi, Qamar Ahmad, Remi Okwechime, Deborah Akanya, Andrew Kolodziej, Claude S. Elayi, and Maya E. Guglin
Safety and Efficacy of Routine Bridging Anticoagulation for Subtherapeutic Anticoagulation in Outpatients with a Left Ventricular Assist Device
David C. Shisler, Gaurang N. Vaidya, Lori Muncy, Rajakrishnan Vijayakrishnan, Mark S. Slaughter, Emma J. Birks, and Dmitry Abramov
Electrocardiographic characteristics, antiarrhythmic utilization, and outcomes in patients with left ventricular assist devices
Scott Lundgren, Elizabeth Lyden, Douglas Stoller, Marshall Hyden, Adam Burdorf, Ronald Zolty, John Um, and Brian Lowes
Effects of Beta Blockers and ACE Inhibitors after Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
Gaurang Vaidya, Emma Birks, Jessica Pillarella, Benjamin Salgado, Rajakrishnan Vijayakrishnan, Andrew Lenneman, Mark Slaughter, and Dmitry Abramov
De-airing method of an axial flow left ventricular assist device influences post-operative lactate dehydrogenase levels: a possible explanation for some episodes of pump thrombosis
Daizo Tanaka; Saif Rizvi; Andrew Boyle, MD; and John W..C. Entwistle
Review
What Did We Learn about VADs in 2017?
Maya Guglin
Case Reports
Unresponsive Patient with LVAD: A Case Series
Ameer Z. Musa and Julia Akhtarekhavari
Reversal of fixed pulmonary hypertension with transcatheter valve replacement for aortic insufficiency on ventricular assist device support
Faraz S. Ahmad, Mark J. Ricciardi, Laura J. Davidson, Allen S. Anderson, Kambiz Ghafourian, Ike Okwuosa, Esther Vorovich, Jane E. Wilcox, Daniel D. Holloway, Duc T. Pham, and Jonathan D. Rich
A modified access technique of Impella 5.0 axillary artery insertion
Abdallah Alameddine, Brian J. Binnall, Eric Dibiasio-White, and Khaled Alameddine
Restoration Of Left Ventricular Function Following LVAD Implantation – Remission Or Recovery? A Case series.
Shiksha Joshi, Mariah Barlow, and Maya Guglin
Implanted Hemodynamic Monitoring in Management of Significant Right Heart Failure Before and After LVAD Implantation: Creation and Maintenance of Fontan Physiology in Severe RV Dysfunction
Kevin Yei, Casey Kaisi, Rajeev Mohan, Ajay Srivastava, and J Thomas Heywood
