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Initial Clinical Experience With the Symphony Heart Assist System by Cecere, Renzo, MD, Dowling, Robert D., MD, Giannetti, Nadia, MD

“…Purpose Current cardiac assist devices provide full support, require a major operation, and function asynchronously to the native heart. In contrast, we…”
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Insights into the mechanism(s) of von Willebrand factor degradation during mechanical circulatory support by Bartoli, Carlo R., MD, PhD, Dassanayaka, Sujith, MS, Brittian, Kenneth R., BS, Luckett, Andrew, MD, Sithu, Srinivas, PhD, Siess, Thorsten, PhD, Raess, Daniel H., MD, Spence, Paul A., MD, Koenig, Steven C., PhD, Dowling, Robert D., MD, D'Souza, Stanley E., PhD

“…Objective Left ventricular assist device support produces a bleeding diathesis. Evidence suggests a major role for von Willebrand factor (vWF). We examined vWF…”
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Vascular pulsatility in patients with a pulsatile- or continuous-flow ventricular assist device by Travis, Adam R., BE, Giridharan, Guruprasad A., PhD, Pantalos, George M., PhD, Dowling, Robert D., MD, Prabhu, Sumanth D., MD, Slaughter, Mark S., MD, Sobieski, Mike, RN, Undar, Akif, PhD, Farrar, David J., PhD, Koenig, Steven C., PhD

“…Objective We sought to investigate differences in indices of pulsatility between patients with normal ventricular function and patients with heart failure…”
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Mechanism of myocardial ischemia with an anomalous left coronary artery from the right sinus of Valsalva by Bartoli, Carlo R., PhD, Wead, William B., PhD, Giridharan, Guruprasad A., PhD, Prabhu, Sumanth D., MD, Koenig, Steven C., PhD, Dowling, Robert D., MD

“…Objective An ectopic coronary artery that courses between the aortic root and the pulmonary trunk may lead to sudden cardiac death, especially in athletes. It…”
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Nonphysiologic blood flow triggers endothelial and arterial remodeling in vivo: Implications for novel left ventricular assist devices with a peripheral anastomosis by Bartoli, Carlo R., MD, PhD, Spence, Paul A., MD, Siess, Thorsten, PhD, Raess, Daniel H., MD, Koenig, Steven C., PhD, Dowling, Robert D., MD

“…Objectives Less invasive circulatory support devices have been developed that require anastomosis to a peripheral artery. The Symphony Heart Assist System…”
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The Future of Adult Cardiac Assist Devices: Novel Systems and Mechanical Circulatory Support Strategies by Bartoli, Carlo R., PhD, Dowling, Robert D., MD

“…The recent, widespread success of mechanical circulatory support has prompted the development of numerous implantable devices to treat advanced heart failure…”
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Intraoperative Evaluation of the HeartMate II Flow Estimator by Slaughter, Mark S., MD, Bartoli, Carlo R., MLA, Sobieski, Mike A., CCP, Pantalos, George M., PhD, Giridharan, Guruprasad A., PhD, Dowling, Robert D., MD, Prabhu, Sumanth D., MD, Farrar, David J., PhD, Koenig, Steven C., PhD

“…Background Direct measurement of blood flow output has been incorporated into ventricular assist devices (VADs), but long-term reliability of the additional…”
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Patient-specific severity of von Willebrand factor degradation identifies patients with a left ventricular assist device at high risk for bleeding by Hennessy-Strahs, Samson, Kang, Jooeun, Krause, Eric, Dowling, Robert D, Rame, J Eduardo, Bartoli, Carlo R

“…Continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) cause an acquired von Willebrand factor (VWF) deficiency and bleeding. Models to risk-stratify for…”
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Depression Is Associated With Non-Home Discharge After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft by Holcomb, Ryan M., Zil-E-Ali, Ahsan, Gonzalez, Robert, Dowling, Robert D., Shen, Chan, Aziz, Faisal

“…Depression is disproportionately high in patients with coronary artery disease and has been associated with adverse outcomes following coronary artery bypass…”
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Repair of Mitral Valve and Left Atrioventricular Disruption Caused by Blunt Chest Trauma by Slater, A. David, MD, Subramanian, Sujata, MD, Huang, Jiapeng, MD, PhD, Bouvette, Michael, MD, Pagni, Sebastian, MD, Dowling, Robert D., MD

“…We describe a case of acute cardiac failure in a patient involved in a motor vehicle accident. A diagnosis of acute mitral regurgitation and left…”
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COMPETENCE Trial: The EVAHEART 2 continuous flow left ventricular assist device by Allen, Steven R., Slaughter, Mark S., Ahmed, Mustafa M., Bartoli, Carlo R., Dhingra, Ravi, Egnaczyk, Gregory F., Gulati, Sanjeev K., Kiernan, Michael S., Mahr, Claudius, Meyer, Dan M., Motomura, Tadashi, Ono, Masahiro, Ravichandran, Ashwin, Shafii, Alexis, Smith, Jason, Soleimani, Behzad, Toyoda, Yoshiya, Yarboro, Leora T., Dowling, Robert D.

“…Continuous flow left ventricular assist devices have improved outcomes in patients with end-stage heart failure that require mechanical circulatory support…”
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Human, Bovine and Porcine Systematic Vascular Input Impedances Are Not Equivalent: Implications for Device Testing and Xenotransplantation in Heart Failure by Koenig, Steven C., PhD, Giridharan, Guruprasad A., PhD, Ewart, Daniel L., PhD, Schroeder, Mark J., PhD, Ionan, Constantine, MD, Slaughter, Mark S., MD, Sobieski, Michael, RN, CCP, Pantalos, George M., PhD, Dowling, Robert D., MD, Prabhu, Sumanth D., MD

“…Background Advanced therapies for heart failure (HF), such as mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices and xenotransplantation, are usually tested in…”
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Abnormalities in the Von Willebrand-Angiopoietin Axis Contribute to Dysregulated Angiogenesis and Angiodysplasia in Children With a Glenn Circulation by Bartoli, Carlo R., Hennessy-Strahs, Samson, Dowling, Robert D., Gaynor, J. William, Glatz, Andrew C.

“…[Display omitted] •Children with a bidirectional superior cavopulmonary connection (Glenn circulation) develop dysregulated angiogenesis and pulmonary…”
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Traumatic intramyocardial left ventricular dissection: a case report by Silverstein, Jay R, Tasset, Mark R, Dowling, Robert D, Alshaher, Motaz M

“…In this report, we present an unusual case of a patient who sustained and survived an intramyocardial dissecting hematoma with subacute ventricular rupture…”
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Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Support Improves Myocardial Supply:Demand in Chronic Heart Failure by Soucy, Kevin G., Bartoli, Carlo R., Phillips, Dustin, Giridharan, Guruprasad A., Sobieski, Michael A., Wead, William B., Dowling, Robert D., Wu, Zhongjun J., Prabhu, Sumanth D., Slaughter, Mark S., Koenig, Steven C.

“…Continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (CF LVADs) are rotary blood pumps that improve mean blood flow, but with potential limitations of…”
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Current status of the AbioCor implantable replacement heart by Dowling, Robert D, Etoch, Steven W, Stevens, Karla A, Johnson, Amy C, Gray, Laman A

“…Background. The AbioCor implantable replacement heart (IRH) has been developed as an alternative to transplant (ie, destination therapy). We report our…”
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Development and Early Testing of a Simple Subcutaneous Counterpulsation Device by Koenig, Steven C, Spence, Paul A, Pantalos, George M, Dowling, Robert D, Litwak, Kenneth N

“…The intra-aortic balloon pump has been widely and successfully used as a treatment for cardiac dysfunction, but it only has short-term applications. To…”
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Initial experience with the AbioCor implantable replacement heart system by Dowling, Robert D, Gray, Laman A, Etoch, Steven W, Laks, Hillel, Marelli, Daniel, Samuels, Louis, Entwistle, John, Couper, Greg, Vlahakes, Gus J, Frazier, O.H

“…We sought to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the first available totally implantable replacement heart (AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart System) in…”
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for resection of lung metastases by Dowling, R D, Landreneau, R J, Miller, D L

“…Resection of indeterminate pulmonary lesions in patients with a history of malignancy is indicated, as the presence of metastases will provide prognostic…”
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Results after partial left ventriculectomy versus heart transplantation for idiopathic cardiomyopathy by Etoch, Steven W., Koenig, Steven C., Laureano, Mary Ann, Cerrito, Pat, Gray, Laman A., Dowling, Robert D.

“…Objective: Partial left ventriculectomy has been introduced as an alternative surgical therapy to heart transplantation. We performed a single-center,…”
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