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Critical care clinics · Jul 2018
ReviewChallenges and Future Directions in Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy.
- Manreet K Kanwar, Stephen Bailey, and Srinivas Murali.
- Section of Heart Failure/Transplant/MCS and Pulmonary Hypertension, Cardiovascular Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Temple University School of Medicine, 320 East North Avenue, 16th Floor ST, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA. Electronic address: manreet.kanwar@ahn.org.
- Crit Care Clin. 2018 Jul 1; 34 (3): 479-492.
AbstractThe clinical use of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) in the growing epidemic of heart failure has improved quality of life and long-term survival for this otherwise devastating disease. The current generation of commercially available devices offers a smaller profile that simplifies surgical implantation, a design that optimizes blood flow characteristics, with less adverse events and improved durability than their predecessors. Despite this, the risk for adverse events remains significant, as do burdens for patients and their caregivers. Appropriate patient selection remains key to optimal LVAD outcomes.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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