Open AccessImplantable Mechanical Circulatory Support: Demystifying Patients With Ventricular Assist Devices and Artificial Hearts
Author(s) -
Shah Keyur B.,
Tang Daniel G.,
Cooke Richard H.,
Harton Suzanne,
Flattery Maureen,
Katlaps Gundars J.,
Kasirajan Vigneshwar,
Hess Michael L.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.20825
Subject(s) - medicine , artificial heart , circulatory system , troubleshooting , pulsatile flow , ventricular assist device , heart failure , continuous flow , intensive care medicine , cardiology , engineering , reliability engineering , biochemical engineering
Engineering advancements have expanded the role for mechanical circulatory support devices in the patient with heart failure. More patients with mechanical circulatory support are being discharged from the implanting institution and will be seen by clinicians outside the immediate surgical or heart‐failure team. This review provides a practical understanding of device design and physiology, general troubleshooting, and limitations and complications for implantable left ventricular assist devices (pulsatile‐flow and continuous‐flow pumps) and the total artificial heart. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Dr. Vigneshwar Kasirajan and Dr. Michael Hess receives a consulting honorarium from SynCardia Systems, Inc. The authors have no other funding, financial relationships, or conflicts of interest to disclose.