Faten Farid Awdallah: Critical care consultants at king Abdullah medical city, holly capital. Critical care ass professor at national heart institute, Egypt
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Abstract OBJECTIVES Cardiogenic shock is still a major clinical challenge, despite the available devices. We developed a minimally invasive, transapical dual-lumened cannula, which can provide antegrade circulatory support and unloading..
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Abstract Objective The use of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) has been suggested to unload the left ventricle while on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) for cardiogenic shock (CS), leading..
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Abstract Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is applied for the treatment of cardiogenic shock. Concomitant left ventricular unloading (LVU) with a microaxial flow pump (mAFP) enables myocardial and pulmonary recovery..
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Abstract The concept of left ventricular unloading has its foundation in heart physiology. In fact, the left ventricular mechanics and energetics represent the cornerstone of this approach. The novel sophisticated..
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Abstract Background: Left ventricular (LV) afterload increase with protracted aortic valve (AV) closure may represent a complication of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-A ECMO). The aim of the present study..
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