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Left ventricular assist devices by Birks, E J

“…Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) insertion in patients with advanced heart failure with deteriorating clinical status is life saving, and LVADs are now…”
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T − E phase diagrams and electrocaloric effect in PNN-PT solid solutions by Gorev, M.V., Bondarev, V.S., Flerov, I.N., Bormanis, K., Birks, E.

“…Using the sixth-order free energy expansion of the Landay thermodynamic potential, T − E phase diagrams and the electrocaloric effect (ECE) in solid solutions…”
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Novel octahedral tilt system a+b+c+ in (1 − x)Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3–xCdTiO3 solid solutions by Ignatans, R., Dunce, M., Birks, E., Sternberg, A.

“…(1 −  x )Na 0.5 Bi 0.5 TiO 3 – x CdTiO 3 solid solutions in the whole concentration range (0.0 ≤  x  ≤ 1.0) were studied by means of X-ray diffraction,…”
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Electromechanical properties in CaTiO3 modified Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-BaTiO3 solid solutions above morphotropic phase boundary by Jurjans, M., Bikse, L., Birks, E., Svirskas, Š., Antonova, M., Kundzins, M., Sternberg, A.

“…The structural, electromechanical, and dielectric properties of (1 − x)(0.8Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-0.2BaTiO3)-xCaTiO3 [(1 − x) (0.8NBT-0.2BT)-xCT] ceramics are studied…”
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Clinical performance with the Levitronix Centrimag short-term ventricular assist device by De Robertis, F, Birks, E J, Rogers, P, Dreyfus, G, Pepper, J R, Khaghani, A

“…The Levitronix ventricular assist device (VAD) is a centrifugal pump designed for extracorporeal support and that operates without mechanical bearings or…”
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Understanding the patient profile and health-related quality of life in patients presenting for hand surgery by Birks, Margaret E., Sharma, Kavita, Steele, Kathryn, Jones, Georgina, Miller, J. Gavin

“…The aim of this descriptive epidemiological study of patients, referred to and selected for surgery at a UK tertiary hand centre, was to investigate patterns…”
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Grain growth in Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-based solid solutions by Eglite, L., Antonova, M., Birks, E., Knite, M., Livinsh, M.

“…This paper discusses effects of different dopants, sintering technique and parameters on microstructure and properties of pure and Yb, Er-doped Na 0.5 Bi 0.5…”
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Clinical recovery from end-stage heart failure using left-ventricular assist device and pharmacological therapy correlates with increased sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium content but not with regression of cellular hypertrophy by TERRACCIANO, C. M. N, HARDY, J, BIRKS, E. J, KHAGHANI, A, BANNER, N. R, YACOUB, M. H

“…Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) treatment is known to lead to structural and functional cellular modifications in the heart. The relevance of these…”
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Revision of the freezing concept in relaxor ferroelectrics: the case of Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-Sr0.7Bi0.2TiO3 solid solutions by Dunce, M., Olšauskaitė, A., Birks, E., Svirskas, Š., Kežionis, A., Bikshe, L., Sternberg, A., Banys, J.

“…Presence of a frequency-independent maximum and a frequency-dependent shoulder in temperature-frequency dependence of dielectric permittivity are…”
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COVID-19: A rethink of corticosteroid injection? by Little, Christopher P., Birks, Margaret E., Horwitz, Maxim D., Ng, Chye Yew, Warwick, David

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Use of Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Patients Listed for Heart Transplantation by Cheng, A, Trivedi, J.R, Lenneman, A, Birks, E, Slaughter, M.S

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Beta Blocker Use in Patients with LVADs Is Associated with Lower proBNP and Is Not Associated with Heart Failure Hospitalizations or an Increase in Adverse Events by Vaidya, G, Salgado, B.C, Pillarella, J, Dunbar-Matos, C.L, Vijayakrishnan, R, Lenneman, A, Slaughter, M.S, Birks, E, Abramov, D

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RA Pressure and RV Enlargement Are Predictive of Heart Failure Hospitalizations in Patients with LVAD by Pillarella, J, Vaidya, G, Salgado, B, Dunbar Matos, C, Vijayakrishnan, R, Lenneman, A, Slaughter, M, Birks, E, Abramov, D

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Predicting Cardiac Structural and Functional Improvement Induced by Mechanical Unloading in Chronic Heart Failure: A Derivation-Validation Multicenter Study by Taleb, I., Wever-Pinzon, O., Yin, M., Kfoury, A., Caine, W., Stehlik, J., Catino, A., Wever-Pinzon, J., Bonios, M., McKellar, S., Alharethi, R., Koliopoulou, A., Fang, J., Selzman, C., Dranow, E., Shah, P., Singh, R., Psotka, M., Zhu, W., Slaughter, M., Birks, E., Koenig, S., Kanwar, M., Kyvernitakis, A., Hoffman, K., Guglin, M., Kotter, J., Campbell, K., Drakos, S.

“…Predicting cardiac structural and functional improvement in advanced heart failure (HF) patients before durable left ventricular assist device (LVAD)…”
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Late results of a valve-preserving operation in patients with aneurysms of the ascending aorta and root by Yacoub, Magdi H., Gehle, Petra, Chandrasekaran, V., Birks, Emma J., Child, Anne, Radley-Smith, Rosemary

“…Objectives: There is still no agreement about the best method of dealing with malfunction of the aortic valve caused by aneurysm or dissection of the aortic…”
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X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy studies in Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3-SrTiO3-PbTiO3 solid solutions by Dunce, M., Birks, E., Kuzmin, A., Ignatans, R., Plaude, A., Antonova, M., Sternberg, A.

“…The long and short range orders in 0.4Na 1/2 Bi 1/2 TiO 3 -(0.6-x)SrTiO 3 -xPbTiO 3 solid solutions were studied by x-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy…”
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Structure and dielectric properties at phase transition of Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3-BaTiO3 solid solutions by Plaude, A., Ignatans, R., Birks, E., Dunce, M., Antonova, M., Sternberg, A.

“…Phase coexistence region is studied by x-ray diffraction for Na 1/2 Bi 1/2 TiO 3 -BaTiO 3 solid solutions in the tetragonal phase side from the morphotropic…”
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Heart Transplant Survival Based on Recipient and Donor Risk Scoring: A UNOS Database Analysis by Trivedi, J.R, Ising, M, Cheng, A, Lenneman, A, Birks, E, Slaughter, M.S

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Thoracic Organ Transplantation for Autoimmune-Mediated Disease Is Not Associated With Detrimental Clinical Outcomes by Taimeh, Z, Vakil, K, Rawasia, W, Cavallazzi, R, Nunley, D, Birks, E, Lenneman, C

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Production of 20-HETE and Its Role in Autoregulation of Cerebral Blood Flow by Gebremedhin, Debebe, Lange, Andrew R, Lowry, Timothy F, Taheri, M Reza, Birks, Eric K, Hudetz, Antal G, Narayanan, Jayashree, Falck, John R, Okamoto, Hirotsugu, Roman, Richard J, Nithipatikom, Kasem, Campbell, William B, Harder, David R

“…In the brain, pressure-induced myogenic constriction of cerebral arteriolar muscle contributes to autoregulation of cerebral blood flow (CBF). This study…”
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