Benefits and Challenges of Early Introduction of Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement

Authors :: Deborah E. Meyers
Courtenay R. Bruce
Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 66:1762-1765
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2015.
Abstract: Several studies describe the benefits of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy for the “sickest of the sick” heart failure (HF) patients with INTERMACS (Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support) profiles 1 to 3, for whom therapeutic options have been exhausted

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
Early introduction
Heartmate ii
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
medicine.disease
Heart failure
Ventricular assist device
Risk-benefit analysis
Medicine
Ventricular Assist Device Placement
Functional status
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Intensive care medicine
Patient centered

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