Improvement in Sleep-Disordered Breathing after Insertion of Left Ventricular Assist Device

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 272-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur-Shirin Harun ◽  
Angeline Leet ◽  
Matthew T. Naughton
Keyword(s):  
Left Ventricular Assist Device ◽  
Ventricular Assist Device ◽  
Sleep Disordered Breathing ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Assist Device ◽  
Ventricular Assist ◽  
Left Ventricular Assist ◽  
Disordered Breathing

Ultrastructural observations of the aorta of calves implanted with a mechanical left ventricular assist device

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 834-835
Author(s):  
J P Cassella ◽  
V Salih ◽  
T R Graham
Keyword(s):  
Left Ventricular Assist Device ◽  
Ventricular Assist Device ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Aortic Tissue ◽  
Assist Device ◽  
Ventricular Assist ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Left Ventricular Assist ◽  
Preliminary Study

Left ventricular assist systems are being developed for eventual long term or permanent implantation as an alternative to heart transplantation in patients unsuitable for or denied the transplant option. Evaluation of the effects of these devices upon normal physiology is required. A preliminary study was conducted to evaluate the morphology of aortic tissue from calves implanted with a pneumatic Left Ventricular Assist device-LVAD. Two 3 month old heifer calves (calf 1 and calf 2) were electively explanted after 128 days and 47 days respectively. Descending thoracic aortic tissue from both animals was removed immediately post mortem and placed into karnovsky’s fixative. The tissue was subsequently processed for transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Some aortic tissue was fixed in neutral buffered formalin and processed for routine light microscopy.

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