assist device

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assist
noun[C]
uk
/əˈsɪst/us
/əˈsɪst/
in ball sports, an occasion when a player touches the ball and this leads to another player on the same team scoring a goal ...
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device
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈvaɪs/us
/dɪˈvaɪs/
an object or machine that has been invented for a ...
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In the early postoperative period 2 patients received a temporary left ventricularassistdevice.
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One patient required a left ventricularassistdevicefor 3 days, with satisfactory outcome.
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Will left-ventricularassistdevicetherapy replace heart transplantation in the foreseeable future?
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Emergency redo mitral valve replacement in a 27-yearold pregnant female with a clotted prosthetic mitral valve, preoperative fetal demise and postoperative ventricularassistdevice: a case report.
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An artificial heart is distinct from a ventricularassistdevicedesigned to support a failing heart.
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In addition, the doors may require a mechanicalassistdeviceto open and close.
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His pioneering work led him to be considered around the world as a father of the ventricularassistdevice.
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The balloon pump is a temporary cardiacassistdevicewhich has been used worldwide on three million people.
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He was treated at first with a coronary stent in 2009, and later a ventricularassistdeviceand was on the waiting list for a heart transplant.
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Since the charging handle is attached to the bolt carrier making it a reciprocating design, it can be utilized as a forwardassistdeviceas well.
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In particular, one man's work3 anticipated intermittent positive pressure ventilation, cardiac and respiratory pacemakers and variations upon the theme of circulatory assist devices.
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Patients with end-stage heart disease have technologies such as left ventricular assist devices and potentially complete artificial hearts (3;4;6).
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Quality of life outcomes after heart transplantation in individuals bridged to transplant with ventricular assist devices.
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Patients supported with ventricular assist devices post-operatively, as well as children awaiting transplantation, are to be included.
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All patients, aged newborn to sixteen years old, undergoing ventricular assist without an oxygenator, (in other words, ventricular assist devices of any type) will form the population for the registry.
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Cost-effectiveness was assessed through a 5-year decision analytic model to estimate the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio for using left ventricular assist devices compared with usual care.
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Extracorporeal and/or left ventricular assist devices were used to support two patients.
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One of these recommendations (mechanical ventricular assist devices), however, was not entirely complied with, because the technology had been disseminated in one additional center compared with the recommendation.
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The economic evaluation showed that left ventricular assist devices had a cost per quality adjusted life year of £170,616.
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People who do not respond to conventional therapy are candidates for bridge therapy with left ventricular assist devices.
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