Response by Mehra et al to Letter Regarding Article, 'Hemocompatibility-Related Outcomes in the MOMENTUM 3 Trial at 6 Months: A Randomized Controlled Study of a Fully Magnetically Levitated Pump in Advanced Heart Failure'
| Autor: | Mandeep R. Mehra, Nir Uriel, Kartik S. Sundareswaran |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Heart Failure
Psychotherapist business.industry Clotting disorders Collective work 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law Physiology (medical) Medicine Humans Heart-Assist Devices Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Circulation. 136(19) |
| ISSN: | 1524-4539 |
| Popis: | We are delighted to see Maltais and colleagues express interest in our efforts to enhance depiction of clinical outcomes in the field of mechanical circulatory support. We welcome this opportunity to help clarify several misconceptions that may have arisen from perhaps a perfunctory review of our collective work as referenced by our colleagues.1,2 When the notion of hemocompatibility was first alluded to by Mehra,1 it was designed to develop a clinical definition for this rather complex weave of intersection between bleeding and clotting disorders that form the Achilles heel of clinical application of left ventricular assist systems. The concept paper alluded to the challenges and provided the algorithm for tiered outcomes assessment, which … |
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