Introduction

D. Glenn Pennington
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S55. [Full Text]  

Mechanical circulatory support for acute heart failure

D. Glenn Pennington, Nicholas G. Smedira, Louis E. Samuels, Michael A. Acker, Jack J. Curtis, and Francis D. Pagani
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S56-S59. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Postcardiotomy mechanical support: risk factors and outcomes

Nicholas G. Smedira and Eugene H. Blackstone
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S60-S66. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Management of acute cardiac failure with mechanical assist: experience with the ABIOMED BVS 5000

Louis E. Samuels, Elena C. Holmes, Matthew P. Thomas, John C. Entwistle, III, Rohinton J. Morris, Jaguat Narula, and Andrew S. Wechsler
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S67-S72. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mechanical circulatory support for patients with acute-fulminant myocarditis

Michael A. Acker
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S73-S76. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The use of extracorporeal life support in adult patients with primary cardiac failure as a bridge to implantable left ventricular assist device

Francis D. Pagani, Keith D. Aaronson, Fresca Swaniker, and Robert H. Bartlett
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S77-S81. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion of acute heart failure

D. Glenn Pennington, Michael A. Acker, Jack J. Curtis, Francis D. Pagani, Louis E. Samuels, and Nicholas G. Smedira
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S82-S85. [Full Text]  

Indications and patient selection for mechanical ventricular assistance

Mathew R. Williams and Mehmet C. Oz
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S86-S91. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Comparison of the CardioWest Total Artificial Heart, the Novacor Left Ventricular Assist System and the Thoratec Ventricular Assist System in bridge to transplantation

Jack G. Copeland, III, Richard G. Smith, Francisco A. Arabia, Paul E. Nolan, Vinod K. Mehta, Michael S. McCarthy, and Kathleen A. Chisholm
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S92-S97. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Device and patient management in a bridge-to-transplant setting

Aly El-Banayosy, Reiner Körfer, Latif Arusoglu, Lukas Kizner, Michiel Morshuis, Hendrik Milting, Gero Tenderich, Oliver Fey, and Kazutomo Minami
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S98-S102. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Left ventricular assist device bridge to recovery: a review of the current status

Ganesh S. Kumpati, Patrick M. McCarthy, and Katherine J. Hoercher
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S103-S108. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bridging-to-recovery

Roland Hetzer, Johannes H. Müller, Yu-guo Weng, Rudolf Meyer, and Michael Dandel
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S109-S113. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion of bridging to transplant and alternatives to transplant

Jack G. Copeland, III, Alain J. Pavie, Aly El-Banayosy, and Mehmet C. Oz
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S114-S115. [Full Text]  

HeartMate II left ventricular assist system: from concept to first clinical use

Bartley P. Griffith, Robert L. Kormos, Harvey S. Borovetz, Kenneth Litwak, James F. Antaki, Victor L. Poirier, and Kenneth C. Butler
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S116-S120. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical results with the AB-180 left ventricular assist device

James A. Magovern, Martin J. Sussman, Andrew H. Goldstein, Gary W. Szydlowski, Edward B. Savage, and Stephen Westaby
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S121-S124. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Research and development of an implantable, axial-flow left ventricular assist device: the Jarvik 2000 Heart

O.H. Frazier, Timothy J. Myers, Robert K. Jarvik, Stephen Westaby, David W. Pigott, Igor D. Gregoric, Tehreen Khan, Daniel W. Tamez, Jeff L. Conger, and Michael P. Macris
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S125-S132. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical experience with the MicroMed DeBakey ventricular assist device

George P. Noon, Deborah L. Morley, Suellen Irwin, Sandy V. Abdelsayed, Robert J. Benkowski, and Bryan E. Lynch
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S133-S138. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lessons learned from the first clinical implants of the DeBakey ventricular assist device axial pump: a single center report

Georg M. Wieselthaler, Heinrich Schima, Andrea M. Lassnigg, Martin Dworschak, Richard Pacher, Michael Grimm, and Ernst Wolner
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S139-S143. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion of implantable nonpulsatile devices

Robert L. Kormos, O.H. Frazier, Bartley P. Griffith, James A. Magovern, George P. Noon, and Ernst Wolner
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S144-S146. [Full Text]  

Current status of the AbioCor implantable replacement heart

Robert D. Dowling, Steven W. Etoch, Karla A. Stevens, Amy C. Johnson, and Laman A. Gray, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S147-S149. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Modifications in surgical implantation of the Penn State Electric Total Artificial Heart

Eric M. Hoenicke, Robert G. Strange, Jr, William J. Weiss, Alan J. Snyder, Marjorie A. Rawhouser, Gerson Rosenberg, G. Allen Prophet, Walter E. Pae, Jr, Benjamin C. Sun, and William S. Pierce
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S150-S155. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The LionHeart LVD-2000: a completely implanted left ventricular assist device for chronic circulatory support

Sanjay M. Mehta, Walter E. Pae, Jr, Gerson Rosenberg, Alan J. Snyder, William J. Weiss, Jeffrey P. Lewis, Daniel J. Frank, James J. Thompson, and William S. Pierce
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S156-S161. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The totally implantable Novacor Left Ventricular Assist System

Robert C. Robbins, Murray H. Kown, Peer M. Portner, and Philip E. Oyer
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S162-S165. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The HeartSaver left ventricular assist device: an update

Paul J. Hendry, Tofy V. Mussivand, Roy G. Masters, Michael E. Bourke, Gerard M. Guiraudon, Kevin S. Holmes, Kevin D. Day, and Wilbert J. Keon
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S166-S170. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A versatile intracorporeal ventricular assist device based on the Thoratec VAD system

Steven H. Reichenbach, David J. Farrar, and J. Donald Hill
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S171-S175. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Advanced mechanical circulatory support with the HeartMate left ventricular assist device in the year 2000

James W. Long
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S176-S182. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion of pulsatile implantable devices

J. Donald Hill, Laman A. Gray, Jr, Paul J. Hendry, James W. Long, Walter E. Pae, Jr, William S. Pierce, and Robert C. Robbins
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S183-S184. [Full Text]  

Passive ventricular constraint for the treatment of congestive heart failure

Mehmet C. Oz
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S185-S187. [Full Text]  

Direct cardiac compression for cardiogenic shock with the CardioSupport system

Mathew R. Williams and John H. Artrip
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S188-S189. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

An anatomically compatible, wearless, reliable, and nonthrombogenic centrifugal blood pump

Steven W. Boyce, Gwen Crevensten, and Robert B. Fine
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S190. [Full Text]  

The CorAide blood pump

David J. Horvath, Leonard A.R. Golding, Alexander Massiello, Alexander L. Medvedev, Renee L. Gerhart, Yoshie Ochiai, Alexandra Krogulecki, and Kiyotaka Fukamachi
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S191. [Full Text]  

Economics of ventricular assist devices: European view

Friedhelm Beyersdorf
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S192-S194. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The cost of long-term LVAD implantation

Alan J. Moskowitz, Eric A. Rose, and Annetine C. Gelijns
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S195-S198. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Economics of devices

Peer M. Portner
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S199-S201. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion of economics of devices

William L. Holman, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Jeanne Fitzgerald Dolak, Alan J. Moskowitz, and Peer M. Portner
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S202-S203. [Full Text]  

Database: relevant or not

Walter E. Pae, Jr, Robert L. Kormos, Peter S. Greene, and Wolf Sapirstein
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S204-S209. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Healing the heart with ventricular assist device therapy: mechanisms of cardiac recovery

James B. Young
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S210-S219. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Right heart failure: best treated by avoidance

Clifford H. Van Meter, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: S220-S222. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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