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Impact of COVID-19 on Patients Supported with a Left Ventricular Assist Device
Patients on left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support may be susceptible to severe disease and complications from coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical course of COVID-19 in LVAD patients. A retrospective review was performed at our center; 28 LVAD patients who developed COVID-19 between March 2020 and March 2021, and six patients with a prior COVID-19 infection who underwent LVAD implantation, were identified and examined. Of the 28 patients, nine (32%) died during the study period, five (18%) during their index hospitalization for COVID-19. Two patients (7%) present...
Source: ASAIO Journal - November 1, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Tags: Management of COVID-19 Patients Source Type: research

Medtech in a Minute: Feeling the Coronavirus Pinch, J & amp;J & #039;s Apple Study, and More
Coronavirus Hurts Big Medtech's Bottom Line  As the Chinese healthcare system focuses on containing the spread of the coronavirus, medical device companies doing business in China are seeing lower procedure volumes, which means lower-than-expected revenue in the first quarter. Boston Scientific, for example, expects the virus to lower first-quarter revenue by $10 million to $40 million.   J&J and Apple Have Big Hopes for Heartline Study Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceutical unit and Apple opened enrollment for the Heartline Study, which aims to ...
Source: MDDI - March 2, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Business Source Type: news