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2008

"Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device Support in a Patient with a Postinfraction Ventricular Septal Defect" Igor D. Gregoric, Mark C. Bieniarz, Harvinder Arora, O.H. Frazier, Biswajit Kar, Pranav-Loyalka (2008). Texas Heart Institute Journal, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 46-49.

2007

"Percutaneous Endocardial and Epicardial Ablation of Hypotensive Ventricular Tachycardia with Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist in the Electrophysiology Laboratory"  Paul A. Friedman, Thomas M. Munger, Norman Torres and Charanjit Rihal (2007).  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, pp. 106-109.

"First Human Case Description of TandemHeart - Assisted High-Risk Percutaneous Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty Using Bivalirudin Anticoagulation"  Sanjay Rajdev, William B. Hillegass, , and Vijay Misra (2007).  Journal of Invasive Cardiology, Vol. 19, No.1, pp. E5-E8.

2006

"A Randomized Multicenter Clnical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of  the TandemHeart Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device Versus Conventional Therapy with Intraaoric Balloon Pumping for Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock"  Daniel Burkhoff, Howard Cohen, Corinna Burnkhorst, and William O'Neill (2006).  American Heart Journal, pp. 469 e1- 469 e8.

"Feasibility Study of the Use of the TandemHeart Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device for Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock" - Daniel Burkhoff, William O'Neill, Corinna Brunkhorst, Dustin Letts, David Lasorda, and Howard Cohen (2006).  Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 68 pp. 211-217

"Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Device, TandemHeart, for High Risk Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization.  A Single Center Experience"  – Bisjiwat Kar, MD, Matthew Forrester, BS, Courtney Gemmato, BS, Andrew Civitello, MD, Pranav Loyolka, MD, Timothy Meyers, BS, Reynolds Delgado, MD., Journal of Invasive Cardiology, March 2006.

"Use of the TandemHeart Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device to Support Patients Undergoing High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention"  –  A Report by Drs. C. Giombolini, S. Notaristefano. S. Santucci, F. Forterati, K. Savino, F. Del Sindaco, T. Ragani, M. Allergi, G. Ambrosio, Acute Cardiac Care, 2006.

2005

"Temporary Support with TandemHeart pVAD During Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement in an Animal Model; Rational and Methodology" – A Report by Drs. Biswajit Kar, Reynolds M. Delgado, III, Andrew Civitello, Pranav Loyalka, David Paniagua, R. David Fish, Matthew Forrester, Daniel Moser, and Branislav Radovancevic, Texas Heart Institute Journal, pp. 283-286, 2005.

"Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Device: "TandemHeart" for High-Risk Coronary Intervention" - A Report by Drs. Joseph Aragon, Michael Lee, Saibal Kar, and Raj Makkar, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, pp.346-352, 2005.

"Randomized Comparison of an Intra-Aortic Balloon Support with a Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Device in Patients with Revascularized Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock" – A Report by Drs. Holger Thiele, Peter Sick, Enno Boudriot, Klaus-Werner Diedrich, Rainer Hambrecht, Josef Niebauer, and Gerhard Schuler,  European Heart Journal, pp. 1276-1283, 2005.

2004

 

"Temporary Assist Device for Postcardiotomy Cardiac Failure" by Antonis A. Pitsis, Petros Dardas, Nikolaos Mezilis, Nikolaos Nikoloudakis, Gerasimos Filippatos and Daniel Burkhoff, Thessaloniki Heart Institute, St. Luke's Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece, and Columbia University, New York, New York, accepted by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 2004.



2002

"Refractory angina with severe left ventricular dysfunction: a case for percutaneous transseptal ventricular assistance supported revascularization" by Angelo Ramondo, Guiseppe Tarantini, Raffaello Chioin, Italian Heart Hournal 2002; 3 (11): 673-675.


"Percutaneous Mechanical Assist Devices for Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction", by Drs. Suresh R. Mulukulta, John J. Pacella, and Howard A. Cohen, Contemporary Cardiology: Cardiogenic Shock: Diagnosis & Treatment, 2002.


"Clinical Introduction of the TandemHeart, a percutaneous left ventricular assist device for circulatory support during high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention" by Pascal Vranckx, David Foley, Pim de Feiter, Jeroen Vos, Peter Smits, Patrick Serruys (Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam), accepted by the International Journal of Cardiovascular Interventions on May 2, 2002.


“TandemHeart support as a bridge to recovery following end stage heart failure surgery.” Abstract by Dr. A Pitsis (Thessaloniki Heart Institute, Greece) submitted to European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2002.


“Reversal of Cardiogenic Shock by Percutaneous Left Atrial-to-Femoral Arterial Bypass Assistance”  Holger Thiele, MD; Bernward Lauer, MD; Rainer Hambrecht, MD; Enno Boudriot, MD; Howard A. Cohen, MD; Gerhard Schuler, MD.


“High-Risk Revascularization Supported With Percutaneous Transseptal Ventricular Assistance (PTVATM)” Based on a Case Report by Philip Urban, MD, Hôpital de La Tour,Geneva, Switzerland.


“Recovery from Acute Myocarditis Facilitated by Use of Percutaneous Ventricular Assistance (PTVATM)” Based on a Case Report by D. Baumgart, MD, Universitäts Klinik Essen, Germany.


“Surgical High-Risk Coronary Revascularization Supported by Use of Percutaneous Transseptal Ventricular Assist (PTVA)” Based on a case report by Paul R. Vogt, MD, FETCS, Martin Heidt, MD, Erwin P. Bauer, MD, FETCS


“High-Risk Beating Heart Coronary Revascularization Facilitated by Percutaneous Transseptal Ventricular Assistance (PTVA)" Based on a case report by Jeffrey Moses, MD, Gary Roubin, MD, Valvanur Subramanian, MD, Jim Fonger, MD, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY.


“Percutaneous Transseptal Ventricular Assistance (PTVA) for Patient Stabilization During Mechanical Rotational Atherectomy and High-Risk PTCA” Based on a Case performed by William O’Neill, MD, James A. Goldstein, MD, Robert Wolyn, MD, Thanh T. Nguyen, DO, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI.

 


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