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Show a First-Time Use of Driving Eligibility Study to Safely Improve Quality of Life for LVAD Patients Nelson and James Long Department of Biomedical Engineering and Utah Artificial Heart Program at LDS Hospital : ll11^dilliy liUIiiL^rirj-f fjjiKii[id|are-i^hfliiy |^ri vtncriLUlar aalfl de%t&i (IVADil ai iredcnwrn: Toi end-i^ge liurl failure A5 irtdtaiiQni for chli l herapy eKpand patfefrta are aperienc- ing ir>CI^dilliy dUrjriunioriUppurT drid IriWliurlr>dep^liLJeri.Lt: lu irnprO'j'e quallcy r/ life, w have selttiivdy allowed pji"htfi[i io d i nt tr- A drrvina ehgibilHv study wa? deigned 1 hat Failure fer 1 h re? rriinut^ and a^wwe^n patient lo enact eneraency prtxe-dure? durirq that time. AhSf instituting , theThF?ratec Heart Watt LVAD iThorate^ Corpomtirm. i&iurnedoFf. H?r>d punplng cnce every Ifl5«ond5 blood MrisJ? wh ik minim mnfl purnp contribution to cardiac output. Bk*>d pressure, heart raie,ar>d rhythm ?ra m 1 h* 5U pira. i'dilng, ^nd^t^ndinfl portions V^l" ^ the [«tien1 i^r ^^rnptoms oF m?deciu?1e cnrdi^r ou1 pu1 flpsuHs1 Thirty ¦¦! Mr I ¦¦ M" 7 In in* i rt' F iiCiii-i nr_ ¦¦'¦! Luh vi.n u Hcin rntriniii I IK l 'MMfclKUfiHrU. L^LH -" -_- -- __ -¦- w pjll1. J-IIU -L-- |iH_B ULL1 bL J L...... U Ll'.ll- - - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦_ J- lThora-1e^ Corporation. Ptw?nion. CAl LVAD& have particip^ied in the driving el^ibilrty^tudy.Tweniy nine l w^e approved to drw. An 3Vff ?ge oF 122 d?vs (range 11 ^Wi dapwd bei^een hosprtal dischnrqp following LVAPlrnpl^niation to 5ucce55Fulcon-iple1cn of dnvincjstijdy. OF all patients newhy diK harged from the L^A& &u pport during this 1 irne, 4<^b resurned d rr^mg. Thew p?1 Tents have exper">enced 2*^ patjent oF drying w"rth an average of iO9 days p^ Fej1">ent. to adverse events have been reported while driving. : on our exptrler^t jnd uiihzini'. n»rul precaiitlorB, ws have fburd cfching to be safe emotion ally tenenclil. ^nd nectsury far* high qua m y of life di LVAD paciencireiunwchelniddlclonal llfwcyfe ¦\. |
