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Simon Maltais
Researcher at Mayo Clinic
Publications - 196
Citations - 4471
Simon Maltais is an academic researcher from Mayo Clinic. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ventricular assist device & Heart failure. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 193 publications receiving 3507 citations. Previous affiliations of Simon Maltais include Vanderbilt University & Université de Sherbrooke.
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Ventricular Assist Device Therapy in Older Patients With Heart Failure: Characteristics and Outcomes
Ju H Kim,Ramesh Singh,Francis D. Pagani,Shashank Desai,Nicholas A. Haglund,Shannon M. Dunlay,Simon Maltais,Keith D. Aaronson,John M. Stulak,Mary E. Davis,Christopher T. Salerno,Jennifer A Cowger,Palak Shah +12 more
TL;DR: Age >70 years is an important consideration when assessing LVAD risk, but other correlates may be more predictive of LVAD survival, especially in older patients without renal dysfunction.
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Left thoracotomy heartware implantation with outflow graft anastomosis to the descending aorta: A simplified bridge for patients with multiple previous sternotomies
Ramanan Umakanthan,Nicholas A. Haglund,John M. Stulak,Lyle D. Joyce,Rashid M. Ahmad,Mary E. Keebler,Simon Maltais +6 more
TL;DR: This work presents a unique technique for placement of the HeartWare ventricular assist device via left anterior thoracotomy to the descending aorta in a patient awaiting heart transplantation with a history of multiple previous sternotomies.
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The bone marrow-cardiac axis: role of endothelial progenitor cells in heart failure.
TL;DR: The importance of the BM-cardiac axis and BM-derived EPCs in the pathophysiology, clinical progression and potential treatment of CHF is focused on.
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Episodic Monoplane Transesophageal Echocardiography Impacts Postoperative Management of the Cardiac Surgery Patient
Simon Maltais,William T. Costello,Frederic T. Billings,Julian S. Bick,John G. Byrne,Rashid M. Ahmad,Chad E. Wagner +6 more
TL;DR: The ability of episodic monoplane TEE to identify discordance between hemodynamic monitoring and episodic TEE was qualitatively observed in 14 patients was demonstrated to better define clinical scenarios in unstable cardiac surgery patients.
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Medical Therapy As Compared To Surgical Device Exchange for Left Ventricular Assist Device Thrombosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Jessica G.Y. Luc,Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili,Kevin Phan,Shannon M. Dunlay,Simon Maltais,John M. Stulak +5 more
TL;DR: Surgical pump exchange is superior to medical therapy with a higher success rate of pump thrombosis resolution, lower mortality rate, and lower recurrence rate.