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Pasrija C, Sawan MA, Sorensen E, Voorhees H, Shah A, Strauss E, Ton VK, DiChiacchio L, Kaczorowski DJ, Griffith BP, Pham SM, Kon ZN. Less invasive left ventricular assist device implantation may reduce right ventricular failure. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2019; 29:592-598. [DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivz143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 05/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES
Right ventricular (RV) failure after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation continues to be a morbid complication. In this study, we hypothesized that a less invasive approach to implantation would preserve RV function relative to a conventional sternotomy (CS) approach.
METHODS
All patients (2013–2017) who underwent LVAD implantation were reviewed. Patients were stratified by surgical approach: less invasive left thoracotomy with hemi-sternotomy (LTHS) and CS. The primary outcome was severe RV failure.
RESULTS
Eighty-three patients (LTHS: 37, CS: 46) were identified. The median Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS) score was significantly worse in the LTHS compared to the CS cohort, and there was a trend towards higher RV failure scores and HeartMate II mortality scores. Preoperative RV dysfunction, in pulmonary artery pulsatility index and RV stroke work index were similar between the 2 groups. Though operative time did not significantly differ between the 2 groups, cardiopulmonary bypass time was significantly shorter in the LTHS group (61 vs 95 min, P < 0.001). The incidence of postoperative severe RV failure was significantly reduced in the LTHS group (16% vs 39%, P = 0.030), along with the need for temporary right ventricular assist device (3% vs 26%, P = 0.005). Improvement in RV function, along with a change in pulmonary artery pulsatility index, was significantly greater in the LTHS cohort. There was a trend towards improved Kaplan–Meier 1-year survival in the LTHS cohort (91% vs 56%, P = 0.056).
CONCLUSIONS
In this cohort, less invasive LVAD implantation appears to be associated with reduced postoperative RV failure, and equivalent or improved survival compared to conventional LVAD implantation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chetan Pasrija
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Clinical Engineering, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Clinical Engineering, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mayo Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, USA
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Racherla M, Heath J, Sorensen E, Voorhees H, Dees L, Feller E, Kaczorowski D, Kon Z, Russell S, Ton V. Ventricular Fibrosis and Other Factors Influencing Exercise Tolerance in LVAD Patients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.01.349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Pasrija C, Sawan M, Sorensen E, Voorhees H, Wang L, Boulos F, DiChiacchio L, Ton V, Feller E, Kaczorowski D, Griffith B, Pham S, Kon Z. Minimally Invasive Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation is Associated with Decreased Postoperative Right Ventricular Failure. J Heart Lung Transplant 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.01.201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Pasrija C, Sorensen E, Sawan M, Voorhees H, Tran D, Wang L, DiChiacchio L, Ton V, Feller E, Griffith B, Kon Z, Kaczorowski D. Inflow Cannula Position is Associated with Improvement in Mitral Regurgitation After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.01.240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Khan A, Sultanik E, Racherla M, Sorensen E, Voorhees H, Dees L, Feller E, Kaczorowski D, Kon Z, Ton V. Time Spent Out of Mean Arterial Blood Pressure (MAP) Goal Correlates With Adverse Events in Patients on Left Ventricular Assist Device. J Heart Lung Transplant 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.01.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES This formative study is intended to generate questions and hypotheses regarding the relationship between health and outmigration from Alaska's rural communities. This study is the first to provide perspectives of rural Alaskans in the context of health concerns and health care delivery as determinants of outmigration. STUDY DESIGN The study collected secondary data through a comprehensive review of the literature and primary data through semi-structured interviews. METHODS The research design consisted of two iterative phases: a comprehensive review of published and gray literature relevant to rural health and migration in Alaska, and in-depth interviews with rural Alaskans who had recently moved from rural to urban settings. A total of 31 Alaskans aged 18+ from communities throughout the state were interviewed about the factors influencing their decision to move to an urban centre. RESULTS Three health-related determinants of outmigration from rural to urban Alaska emerged: (1) limited access to primary and specialized health care; (2) perceptions of health risks in rural communities; and (3) ripple effect migration of friends and family providing social support for rural Alaskans requiring health care. These determinants had disproportionate effects on young and female study participants. CONCLUSIONS We present data describing the growing influence of health concerns and health care delivery on outmigration in this underserved population, and conclude with recommendations for future avenues of research. Expanding the body of knowledge of the link between health and outmigration will provide rural Alaskans the opportunity to live and grow old in their own communities.
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- David Driscoll
- Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, University of Alaska-Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA.
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Recent computational and psychological theories of human texture vision assert that texture discrimination is based on first-order differences in geometric and luminance attributes of texture elements, called 'textons'. Significant differences in the density, orientation, size, or contrast of line segments or other small features in an image have been shown to cause immediate perception of texture boundaries. However, the psychological theories, which are based on the perception of synthetic images composed of lines and symbols, neglect two important issues. First, how can textons be computed from grey-level images of natural scenes? And second, how, exactly, can texture boundaries be found? Our analysis of these two issues has led to an algorithm that is fully implemented and which successfully detects boundaries in natural images. We propose that blobs computed by a centre-surround operator are useful as texture elements, and that a simple non-parametric statistic can be used to compare local distributions of blob attributes to locate texture boundaries. Although designed for natural images, our computation agrees with some psychophysical findings, in particular, those of Adelson and Bergen (described in the preceding article), which cast doubt on the hypothesis that line segment crossings or termination points are textons.
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- H Voorhees
- Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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Lyman DJ, Fazzio FJ, Voorhees H, Robinson G, Albo D. Compliance as a factor effecting the patency of a copolyurethane vascular graft. J Biomed Mater Res 1978; 12:337-45. [PMID: 670256 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.820120307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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A new solid-wall vascular graft which has a compliance approximating that of the natural artery has been prepared from a copolyether-urethane material. Six of nine of these compliant grafts implanted in dogs were patent on removal, the longest implant time being 77 days for a 4-mm I.D. femoral artery graft. This is in contrast to noncompliant grafts of the same copolyurethane in which failure usually occurred within 48 hr.
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