Sentences with phrase «destination therapy»

Unlike traditional weekly psychotherapy, destination therapy work provides an intense period of change within a short period of time.

A group of researchers led by Prof. Yoshiki SAWA implanted a left ventricular assist device with an internal power cable tunneled through the neck to the head in a patient with severe kidney disease who was ineligible for destination therapy (DT) for cardiac transplantation.

The Joint Commission approves disease specific care certification for ventricular assist device destination therapy at UC San Diego Health.

In 2006, surgeons at Emory University Hospital implanted Georgia's first ventricular assist device (VAD) as destination therapy.

â $ œWhen offering LVAD destination therapy, our goal is to safely integrate patients back to their respective communities and normal mode of living, â $ according to David Vega, MD, surgical director of the Emory Heart Transplant Program.

However, in some cases the LVAD is used as a form of destination therapy (in place of a transplant) for patients who are not candidates for heart transplant.

This randomized clinical trial examines the effectiveness of a shared decision support intervention for patients considering destination therapy left ventricular assist device placement.

In March 2017, the Cardiovascular Surgery Group at Osaka University successfully implanted a left ventricular assist device with an internal power cable tunneled through the neck to the head in a patient who was ineligible for a cardiac transplantation, destination therapy (DT) trial, a Japan first.

Using this system upon request from a patient, it has become possible to treat the patient ineligible for a heart transplant or destination therapy and use this technique for tunneling the internal power cable through the neck to the head, which is approved overseas, but not in Japan.

Thus far, patients with previous diseases such as irreversible kidney disorder were ineligible for a heart transplant or destination therapy.