Left Ventricular Assist Device and Drug Therapy for the Reversal of Heart Failure | Zendy

Emma J. Birks | Zendy; Patrick Tansley | Zendy; James Hardy | Zendy; Robert S. George | Zendy; Christopher T. Bowles | Zendy; Margaret Burke | Zendy; Nicholas R. Banner | Zendy; Asghar Khaghani | Zendy; Magdi H. Yacoub | Zendy

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Left Ventricular Assist Device and Drug Therapy for the Reversal of Heart Failure

Author(s) -

Emma J. Birks,

Patrick Tansley,

James Hardy,

Robert S. George,

Christopher T. Bowles,

Margaret Burke,

Nicholas R. Banner,

Asghar Khaghani,

Magdi H. Yacoub

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa053063

Subject(s) - medicine , ventricular assist device , heart failure , cardiology , heart transplantation , transplantation , drug , pharmacology

In patients with severe heart failure, prolonged unloading of the myocardium with the use of a left ventricular assist device has been reported to lead to myocardial recovery in small numbers of patients for varying periods of time. Increasing the frequency and durability of myocardial recovery could reduce or postpone the need for subsequent heart transplantation.

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