HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
JUST WANT AN ORDINARY LIFE1
life-limiting to
life-fulfilling
Keep heart failure patients alive2, active3 and away4 from the hospital, using advanced medical technology.
See the HeartWare™ HVAD™ system Instructions for Use for detailed information regarding the instructions for use, the implant procedure, indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions, and potential adverse events. For further information, contact your local Medtronic representative and/or consult the Medtronic website at medtronic.eu.
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References
1
Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting. What Do Heart Failure Patients Really Want, and Do Doctors Get it? - Medscape Medical News - Nov 06, 2018. Available on-line at https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/904440
2
Zabel M, Willems R, Lubinski A, et al. Clinical effectiveness of primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: Results of the EU-CERT-ICD controlled multicenter cohort study. Eur Heart J. 2020 May 6. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa226
3
White-Williams C, Fazeli PL, Kirklin JK, Pamboukian SV, Grady KL. Differences in health-related quality of life by implant strategy: Analyses from the Interagency Registry for Mechanical-ly Assisted Circulatory Support. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020;39(1):62-73. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2019.10.002
4
Linde C, Abraham WT, Gold MR, et al. Randomized trial of cardiac resynchronization in mildly symptomatic heart failure patients and in asymptomatic patients with left ventricular dysfunction and previous heart failure symptoms. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008;52(23):1834-1843