Bivalirudin anticoagulation for left ventricular assist device implantation on an extracorporeal life support system in patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia antibodies

Extracorporeal life support prior to left ventricular assist device implantation leads to improvement of the patients INTERMACS levels and outcome

(2017) David Schibilsky et al.   PLoS One

Delayed Sternal Closure After Continuous Flow Left Ventricle Assist Device Implantation

(2016) Mohammed Quader et al.   ASAIO JOURNAL

Implanting permanent left ventricular assist devices in patients on veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support: do we really need a cardiopulmonary bypass machine?

(2016) Muhammad S.K.M. Abdeen et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Implantation of left ventricular assist devices under extracorporeal life support in patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

(2015) Julia Hillebrand et al.   JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL ORGANS

CASE 1–2015

(2015) Sonia Nhieu et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

Clinical variability within the INTERMACS 1 profile

(2014) Debleena Pain Dutt et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CARDIOLOGY

Preoperative patient optimization using extracorporeal life support improves outcomes of INTERMACS Level I patients receiving a permanent ventricular assist device†

(2014) Julia Riebandt et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Report from a consensus conference on primary graft dysfunction after cardiac transplantation

(2014) Jon Kobashigawa et al.   JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Thrombosis during off pump LVAD placement in a patient with heparin induced thrombocytopenia using bivalirudin

(2013) Hamdy Awad et al.   Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

A modified technique for implantation of the HeartWare  left ventricular assist device when using bivalirudin anticoagulation in patients with acute heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

(2013) M. Morshuis et al.   Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Predictor of Early Mortality for Severe Heart Failure Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

(2012) Daisuke Yoshioka et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

The Fourth INTERMACS Annual Report: 4,000 implants and counting

(2012) James K. Kirklin et al.   JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Bleeding Complications and Blood Product Utilization With Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

(2011) Justin M. Schaffer et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Clinical outcomes for continuous-flow left ventricular assist device patients stratified by pre-operative INTERMACS classification

(2010) Andrew J. Boyle et al.   JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices: Are New Prevention Strategies Required?

(2009) Theodore E. Warkentin et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Usefulness of the INTERMACS Scale to Predict Outcomes After Mechanical Assist Device Implantation

(2009) Ana C. Alba et al.   JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION