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Left Ventricular Assist Device as a Bridge to Recovery: Present Status
Author(s) -
Kumpati Ganesh S.,
McCarthy Patrick M.,
Hoercher Katherine J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2001.tb00524.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricular assist device , dilated cardiomyopathy , cardiology , bridge (graph theory) , myocarditis , hemodynamics , cardiomyopathy , heart failure , destination therapy , intensive care medicine
A bstract A new application for left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) is as a bridge to recovery. In the settings of myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy, LVAD support is accompanied by marked hemodynamic, neurohormonal, physiologic, cellular, and molecular changes indicative of recovery. Despite these changes, experience with clinical successes is limited. Further studies of topics such as the timing of LVAD implantation and explantation, adjunct medical and surgical therapy, and optimum LVAD weaning protocols might help improve the success of this promising technology.