Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Challenges Toward Sustaining Long-Term Patient Care
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DOI: 10.1007/s10439-017-1858-9
Abstract: Over the last few decades, the left ventricular assist device (LVAD) technology has been tremendously improved transitioning from large and noisy paracorporeal volume displacement pumps to small implantable turbodynamic devices with only a single transcutaneous… read more here.
Keywords: term; long term; devices challenges; assist devices ... See more keywords
HTA of medical devices: Challenges and ideas for the future from a European perspective.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.08.010
Abstract: OBJECTIVES Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of Medical devices (MDs) and MD-based procedures can be challenging due to the unique features and particularities of this group of technologies, such as device-operator interaction. The aim of this… read more here.
Keywords: hta institutions; hta medical; european hta; devices challenges ... See more keywords