Login
Toggle sidebar

Lint: ventricular-assist-device

Acronyms
warning

"outflow cannula (returing blood to the ascending aorta (VLAD) or pulmonary trunk (RVAD)"

Line 6:90 · 'RVAD' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.
Colons
warning

"bridge to transplant: VADs have considerably improved the care of patients awaiting heart transplantation"

Line 13:28 · The first word after a colon should almost always be lowercase. In this case, it's not: ': VADs have'.
Headings Valid
warning

Expected headings

  • H1 Indications
  • H1 Contraindications
  • H1 Preprocedural evaluation
  • H1 Procedure
  • H2 Equipment
  • H2 Technique
  • H2 Postprocedural care
  • H1 Postprocedural evaluation
  • H2 Radiographic features
  • H1 Complications
  • H1 Outcomes
  • H1 History and etymology
  • H1 See also

"Device elements"

Line 2:1 · "Device elements" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Treatment and prognosis"

Line 30:1 · "Treatment and prognosis" is not a recognised heading for this article type.
There Is
suggestion

"Ventricular assist devices (VAD) are a mechanical circulatory support device, implanted surgically to provide an effective therapy for a significant number of patients with advanced heart failure. There are mostly left VADs, although right VADs are also implanted."

Line 1:242 · Don't start a sentence with 'There are'.