Dispositifs d’assistance ventriculaire (DAV)
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35929
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Cardiovascular Surgery.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2018.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1853
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Un dispositif d’assistance ventriculaire (DAV) peut être recommandé pour les candidats éventuels à une transplantation cardiaque. Le DAV agit comme un ventricule du cœur en pompant le sang dans l’organisme. La pompe est dotée d’une source d’alimentation externe. La présente brochure décrit les types de DAV, l’implantation d’un DAV, les risques de la chirurgie et ce à quoi s’attendre après l’opération. ; This pamphlet is a French translation of "Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)" pamphlet 0931. A…
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- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Cardiovascular Surgery
- Alternate Title
- Ventricular assist devices (VAD)
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2018
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (9 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Heart-Assist Devices
- Heart Failure - surgery
- Heart, Artificial
- Heart Diseases - surgery
- Postoperative Care
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Heart, Artificial
- Heart failure
- Heart--Surgery
- Heart--Diseases--Treatment
- Postoperative care
- Specialty
- Cardiovascular System
- Surgery
- Abstract
- Un dispositif d’assistance ventriculaire (DAV) peut être recommandé pour les candidats éventuels à une transplantation cardiaque. Le DAV agit comme un ventricule du cœur en pompant le sang dans l’organisme. La pompe est dotée d’une source d’alimentation externe. La présente brochure décrit les types de DAV, l’implantation d’un DAV, les risques de la chirurgie et ce à quoi s’attendre après l’opération.
- This pamphlet is a French translation of "Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)" pamphlet 0931. A Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) may be recommended if a person is a potential candidate for heart transplant. The VAD acts like the heart’s ventricle by pumping blood throughout the body. The pump has an external power source. This pamphlet describes the types of VADs, implanting a VAD, risks of surgery, and what to expect after surgery.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Sonya Osmond RN, Ventricular Assist Device Coordinator
- Pamphlet Number
- 1853
Heart transplant : a guide for patients and families
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36630
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Heart Health Portfolio.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2019.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2043
- Available Online
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This guide will help you and your family during the transplant process. This pamphlet describes getting ready for a transplant (e.g., the health care team, referral, workup, how long the process takes, the waiting period, antibodies, advance care planning, powers of attorney), getting ready once a heart becomes available (e.g., testing the donor heart, getting ready for surgery, what your family can expect on the day, during, and after your surgery, what happens during surgery, donor info), and…
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- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Heart Health Portfolio
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (63 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Heart Transplantation
- Heart Failure - surgery
- Heart Diseases - surgery
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Heart--Transplantation
- Heart failure
- Heart--Surgery
- Heart--Diseases--Treatment
- Specialty
- Cardiovascular System
- Surgery
- Abstract
- This guide will help you and your family during the transplant process. This pamphlet describes getting ready for a transplant (e.g., the health care team, referral, workup, how long the process takes, the waiting period, antibodies, advance care planning, powers of attorney), getting ready once a heart becomes available (e.g., testing the donor heart, getting ready for surgery, what your family can expect on the day, during, and after your surgery, what happens during surgery, donor info), and what to expect after surgery (e.g., discharge instructions, adjusting to life after your transplant, followup schedule, acute rejection, medications, tips for preventing infections, healthy eating, physiotherapy and rehab, exercise guidelines, stretching exercises). A notes section is provided at the end of the guide.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Heart Health Portfolio
- Pamphlet Number
- 2043
ICD or pacemaker generator change
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat38360
editors, Catherine M. Otto, J. Ward Kennedy-Hamilton.
--[Philadelphia, PA]:
Elsevier
, c2014.
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- Location
- Online
- Available Online
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- Other Authors
- Otto, Catherine M.
- Kennedy-Hamilton, J. Ward
- Responsibility
- editors, Catherine M. Otto, J. Ward Kennedy-Hamilton
- Alternate Title
- Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator or pacemaker generator change
- Place of Publication
- [Philadelphia, PA]
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource : col. ill., video
- Series
- Procedures consult
- Series Title
- Procedures consult (ClinicalKey)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Defibrillators, Implantable
- Heart Failure - surgery
- Heart Failure - therapy
- Pacemaker, Artificial
- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Format
- Video
- Location
- Online
Management of Heart Failure. Volume 2, Surgical
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39678
Jai Raman, editor.
(Second edition)
--London:
Springer
, c2016.
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- Location
- Online
This book has been conceived as a rapid but comprehensive review for practitioners of all persuasions involved in the management of patients with heart failure. Heart failure is a problem of epidemic proportions in all parts of the world. State of the art treatment may not be accessible to all, but simply creating an awareness of simple methods of diagnosis and treatment would assist in promoting a better global response to this epidemic. This updated second edition, written by a panel of world…
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- Other Authors
- Raman, Jai
- Responsibility
- Jai Raman, editor
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 284 p. : 127 illus., 28 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781447142799
- 9781447142782 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Heart Failure - surgery
- Abstract
- This book has been conceived as a rapid but comprehensive review for practitioners of all persuasions involved in the management of patients with heart failure. Heart failure is a problem of epidemic proportions in all parts of the world. State of the art treatment may not be accessible to all, but simply creating an awareness of simple methods of diagnosis and treatment would assist in promoting a better global response to this epidemic. This updated second edition, written by a panel of world-renown cardiology experts, focuses on the surgical management of heart failure. Surgery for heart failure is an evolving and new area in cardiac surgery with many exciting developments. Management of Heart Failure, Volume 2: Surgical will be essential reading for all specialists dealing with patients with or who are at risk of heart failure, including but not limited to cardiologists, emergency medicine physicians, critical care physicians, anesthesiologists, interventionalists and cardiothoracic surgeons.
- Contents
- 1. Surgical Perspectives -- 2. Pathophysiology—Clinical Spectrum and Current Management -- 3. Strategies in Surgical Management -- 4. Advanced Heart Failure: Transplant vs Nontransplant Surgical Options -- 5. Transplantation for End-Stage Heart Disease -- 6. OPCAB Treatment for Heart Failure -- 7. Circulatory Support for Bridging to Recovery or Transplantation -- 8. Left Ventricular Reconstruction in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy -- 9. Modifications of the Dor Procedure and Failure Modes of the Procedure -- 10 Mitral Valve Repair -- 11. Destination Therapy with Permanent Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices -- 12. Enabling Techniques and Technologies -- 13. Catheter-Based and Surgical Therapy for Ventricular Tachycardia -- 14. Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Heart Failure -- 15. Surgical Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation -- 16. Pacing Therapies, Defibrillators, and Post-Operative Arrhythmias -- 17. Ventricular Containment, Shape Change, and Infarct Restraint -- 18. Other Techniques in Special Circumstances: Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy in Right Heart Failure -- 19. Surgical Management of Pediatric Heart Failure and Heart Failure due to Congenital Heart Disease -- 20. Anesthetic Management and Hemodynamic Management -- 21. Perioperative and ICU Care, Fluid Management, and Renal Support -- 22. New Therapies and What Is on the Horizon.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Mechanical circulatory support : A companion to Braunwald's heart disease
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43988
by James K Kirklin and Joseph G Rogers.
(2nd ed.)
--St. Louis, MO:
Elsevier
, c2020.
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- Online
Offering comprehensive, authoritative coverage of mechanical circulatory support (MCS), this fully revised companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease provides the clinically relevant information you need to effectively use this therapy to treat and manage end-stage heart failure. New editors and authors - experts in both cardiology and cardiovascular surgery - bring you fully up to date with the newest technology and devices, as well as basic science, clinical applications, adverse event monitorin…
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- Author
- Kirklin, James K.
- Responsibility
- by James K Kirklin and Joseph G Rogers
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- St. Louis, MO
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, 314 p.
- ISBN
- 9780323566995
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Heart Failure - surgery
- Heart Failure - therapy
- Heart-Assist Devices
- Specialty
- Biomedical Technology
- Cardiology
- Critical Care
- Abstract
- Offering comprehensive, authoritative coverage of mechanical circulatory support (MCS), this fully revised companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease provides the clinically relevant information you need to effectively use this therapy to treat and manage end-stage heart failure. New editors and authors - experts in both cardiology and cardiovascular surgery - bring you fully up to date with the newest technology and devices, as well as basic science, clinical applications, adverse event monitoring and management, socioeconomic implications, future directions, and more.
- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Mechanical circulatory support : a companion to Braunwald's heart disease
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat50911
Kormos, Robert.
(2nd ed.)
--Philadelphia, PA:
Elsevier
, 2020.
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- Location
- Online
- Available Online
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- Author
- Kormos, Robert
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- 2020
- ISBN
- 9780323566995
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Heart Failure - surgery
- Heart Failure - therapy
- Heart-Assist Devices
- Notes
- Access to this online resource is restricted to IWK Health Centre employees working from inside the hospital network.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Mechanical Circulatory Support in End-Stage Heart Failure : A Practical Manual
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41476
Andrea Montalto, Antonio Loforte, Francesco Musumeci, Thomas Krabatsch, Mark S. Slaughter, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This book is a detailed practical guide to the use of ventricular assist devices and total artificial hearts to provide mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in patients with end-stage heart failure. It explains why MCS may be indicated, which patients require MCS, when and how to implant ventricular assist devices or a total artificial heart, and how to avoid potential complications of MCS. Management throughout the period of care is described, from preimplantation to follow-up, and both typica…
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- Other Authors
- Montalto, Andrea
- Loforte, Antonio
- Musumeci, Francesco
- Krabatsch, Thomas
- Slaughter, Mark S
- Responsibility
- Andrea Montalto, Antonio Loforte, Francesco Musumeci, Thomas Krabatsch, Mark S. Slaughter, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 615 pages) : 234 illus., 208 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319433837
- 9783319433813 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Assisted Circulation - methods
- Heart Failure - surgery
- Heart, Artificial
- Heart-Assist Devices
- Abstract
- This book is a detailed practical guide to the use of ventricular assist devices and total artificial hearts to provide mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in patients with end-stage heart failure. It explains why MCS may be indicated, which patients require MCS, when and how to implant ventricular assist devices or a total artificial heart, and how to avoid potential complications of MCS. Management throughout the period of care is described, from preimplantation to follow-up, and both typical and atypical cases are discussed. The text features numerous helpful tips and tricks relating to surgical and nonsurgical management and is supported by a wealth of high-quality illustrations that document the preoperative evaluation and implantation techniques. Heart transplantation remains the gold standard for the treatment of patients suffering from end-stage heart failure, but the shortage of donors has led to an increase in the use of MCS. This book will assist all physicians, and especially cardiologists and anesthesiologists, who are involved in the care of these patients.
- Contents
- Invited Lecture “Pioneering the Future: From Transplant to Device Development” -- PART I: PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION -- 1. Physiopathology and Fate of End-Stage Cardiac Heart Failure in the era of Mechanical Circulatory Support -- 2. The Advantage of Mechanical Solution: Results of Clinical Trials to Date -- 3. Mechanical Circulatory Support Candidate Selection Criteria -- 4. Preoperative Assessment and Clinical Optimization -- 5. Preoperative Evaluation of Right Ventricular Function -- 6. High INTERMACS profiles: Medical vs. Mechanical Circulatory Support treatment -- 7. Low INTERMACS Profiles: which Strategies? (Temporary ECMO or TAH support; Temporary mid-term Paracorporeal Ventricular Assisted Device Support; Primary long-term Ventricular Assisted Device placement) -- 8. From BTT to DT Strategy: USA and Europe views -- 9. Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Recovery -- 10. Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Candidacy -- PART II: INTRAOPERATIVE TIPS AND PITFALLS -- 11. Pulsatile vs. Continuous Flow pumps: Engineering and Clinical Considerations -- 12. Which Approach? Traditional vs. MICS -- 13. To Pump or not to Pump: the Role of Cardio-Pulmonary Bypass or ECMO -- 14. Techniques for Inflow Cannula Placement -- 15. Techniques for Outflow Cannula Placement -- 16. Techniques for Driveline Positioning -- 17. Percutaneous Devices: Options -- 18. Paracorporeal Biventricular Devices -- 19. Biventricular Implantable Continuous flow pumps -- 20. The Total Artificial Heart -- 21. Mechanical Circulatory Support in Pediatric Population -- 22. Concomitant Cardiac Surgery during Ventricular Assisted Device Placement: When is It too Much? -- 23. Pump Removal after Recovery -- 24. Intraoperative anesthesiological monitoring and management -- 25. Intraoperative right ventricular failure management -- PART III: POSTOPERATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS -- 26. Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Management in Ventricular Assisted Device Patients -- 27. Coagulation Monitoring -- 28. Adverse events management: Ischemic and Haemorragic Stroke -- 29. Adverse events management: Gastro-intestinal Bleeding -- 30. Adverse events management: Pump Thrombosis -- 31. Adverse events management: Infectious Complications -- 32. Adverse events management: AVW Syndrome -- 33. Adverse events management: Concomitant non-Cardiac Surgery during MCS: Management of Therapy -- 34. Pump and Equipment Failure: How to Behave -- 35. The Outpatient Care: The Role of Ventricular Assisted Device coordinator and the Remote Monitoring -- PART IV: MISCELLANEA -- 36. Miniaturization and Future Technologies -- 37. ReliantHeart: Forward Compatibility and TET -- 38. The BIVACOR project -- 39. Potential of CARMAT in the Future -- 40. The ReinHeart Solution -- 41. Ethical and Psychological aspects of long-term MCS -- 42. Health-Economic Aspects of Mechanlical Circulatory Support Therapy -- 43. The Mechanical Circulatory Support Registries: Role and Perspectives -- 44. Conclusions.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Surgical Management of Congestive Heart Failure
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29547
edited by James C. Fang, Gregory S. Couper.
--Totowa, NJ:
Humana Press
, c2005.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Fang, James C
- Other Authors
- Couper, Gregory S
- Responsibility
- edited by James C. Fang, Gregory S. Couper
- Place of Publication
- Totowa, NJ
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2005
- Series Title
- Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)
- ISBN
- 9781592598427
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cardiac Surgical Procedures - methods
- Heart Failure - surgery
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Heart Surgery
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Surgical Treatment for Advanced Heart Failure
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40734
Jeffrey A. Morgan, Yoshifumi Naka, editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2013.
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- Location
- Online
The treatment of end-stage heart failure with advanced surgical therapies has evolved significantly over the last several years and is a dynamic subspecialty within cardiac surgery. Surgical Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure describes the surgical management of advanced heart failure, including coronary artery revascularization, mitral valve repair, aortic valve replacement, ventricular remodeling, cardiac resynchronization, mechanical circulatory support with short-term devices for acute sta…
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- Other Authors
- Morgan, Jeffrey A
- Naka, Yoshifumi
- Responsibility
- Jeffrey A. Morgan, Yoshifumi Naka, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 199 p. : 119 illus., 85 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781461469193
- 9781461469186 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures - methods
- Heart Failure - surgery
- Abstract
- The treatment of end-stage heart failure with advanced surgical therapies has evolved significantly over the last several years and is a dynamic subspecialty within cardiac surgery. Surgical Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure describes the surgical management of advanced heart failure, including coronary artery revascularization, mitral valve repair, aortic valve replacement, ventricular remodeling, cardiac resynchronization, mechanical circulatory support with short-term devices for acute stabilization, long-term mechanical support as a bridge to transplant and for destination therapy, left ventricular assist devices, complete cardiac replacement with the total artificial heart, and cardiac transplantation. With contributions from a distinguished group of heart failure cardiologists and transplant surgeons, it is an authoritative resource for cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, and surgeons.
- Contents
- Principles of Heart Failure -- Algorithm for Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure -- Surgical Coronary Artery Revascularization in Patients with Advanced Ischemic Cardiomyopathy -- Mitral Valve Repair for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation with Advanced Cardiomyopathy -- Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis or Aortic Insufficiency with Advanced Left Ventricular Dysfunction -- Ventricular Remodeling for Ischemic Cardiomyopathy and Ventricular Asynergy Post Myocardial Infarction -- Cardiac Resynchronization in Advanced Heart Failure: Bi-ventricular Pacing -- Triage VADs: TandemHeart, Impella, and CentriMag -- Cardiac Transplantation -- Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Transplantation -- Ventricular Assist Devices for Destination Therapy -- Newer-Generation Rotary Blood Pumps -- Total Artificial Heart -- Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients Undergoing Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Predictors, Management, and Device Utilization -- Ventricular Assist Devices and Transplantation for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Ventricular-Assist Devices and Kidney Disease : Clinical Perspectives
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42590
Chaitanya Desai, William G. Cotts, Edgar V. Lerma, Michael R. Rudnick, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This text serves as a convenient one-stop resource on the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases in context of advanced heart failure and presence of ventricular assist devices. Advances in managing heart failure, evidence-based practices and therapies are covered, along with the management of this unique and complex subset of patients. The book also provides insights into combined heart and kidney transplantation. Authored by leaders in nephrology, cardiology and transplantat…
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- Other Authors
- Desai, Chaitanya
- Cotts, William G.
- Lerma, Edgar V.
- Rudnick, Michael R.
- Responsibility
- Chaitanya Desai, William G. Cotts, Edgar V. Lerma, Michael R. Rudnick, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 207 p.) : 34 illus., 28 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319746579
- 9783319746562 (print ed.)
- 9783319746586 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Heart Failure - surgery
- Heart Transplantation
- Heart-Assist Devices
- Kidney Transplantation
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - surgery
- Specialty
- Cardiology
- Nephrology
- Abstract
- This text serves as a convenient one-stop resource on the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases in context of advanced heart failure and presence of ventricular assist devices. Advances in managing heart failure, evidence-based practices and therapies are covered, along with the management of this unique and complex subset of patients. The book also provides insights into combined heart and kidney transplantation. Authored by leaders in nephrology, cardiology and transplantation, this book fills a critical knowledge gap in understanding and treating patients with acute or chronic dysfunction of the heart and kidneys and how one induces dysfunction in the other organ.
- Contents
- 1. Management of Advanced Heart Failure: An Overview -- 2. Understanding Cardiovascular Hemodynamics -- 3. Cardiorenal Syndromes -- 4. Diuretics in Heart Failure -- 5. Hyponatremia in Heart Failure and Ventricular Assist Device Patients -- 6. Overview of Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Technical and Clinical Perspectives -- 7. Selection for Ventricular Assist Device Placement in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease -- 8. Effects of Ventricular Assist Device Therapies on Renal Function -- 9. Management of Hypertension after Ventricular Assist Device Implant -- 10. Right Ventricular Failure Post Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation -- 11. Renal Replacement Therapies in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices -- 12. Patient selection for combined heart and kidney transplantation -- 13. Outcomes with combined heart kidney transplantation.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Ventricular assist devices (VAD)
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams34893
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Cardiovascular Surgery.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2018.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0931
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
A Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) may be recommended if a person is a potential candidate for heart transplant. The VAD acts like the heart’s ventricle by pumping blood throughout the body. The pump has an external power source. This pamphlet describes the types of VADs, implanting a VAD, risks of surgery, and what to expect after surgery. The French version of this pamphlet 1853, "Dispositifs d’assistance ventriculaire (DAV)", is also available.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Cardiovascular Surgery
- Alternate Title
- VAD
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2018
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (8 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Heart-Assist Devices
- Heart Failure - surgery
- Heart, Artificial
- Heart Diseases - surgery
- Postoperative Care
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Heart, Artificial
- Heart failure
- Heart--Surgery
- Heart--Diseases--Treatment
- Postoperative care
- Specialty
- Cardiovascular system
- Surgery
- Abstract
- A Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) may be recommended if a person is a potential candidate for heart transplant. The VAD acts like the heart’s ventricle by pumping blood throughout the body. The pump has an external power source. This pamphlet describes the types of VADs, implanting a VAD, risks of surgery, and what to expect after surgery. The French version of this pamphlet 1853, "Dispositifs d’assistance ventriculaire (DAV)", is also available.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Sonya Osmond RN, Ventricular Assist Device Coordinator
- Pamphlet Number
- 0931
