Open AccessImplantable devices: a bridge to heart transplantation
Author(s) -
Д. Цимпфер,
Д. Видеманн,
А. Нисснер
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
vestnik transplantologii i iskusstvennyh organov
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.137
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2412-6160
pISSN - 1995-1191
DOI - 10.15825/1995-1191-2018-4-134-141
Subject(s) - bridge to transplantation , heart failure , economic shortage , heart transplantation , medicine , intensive care medicine , transplantation , cardiac resynchronization therapy , medical therapy , quality of life (healthcare) , bridge (graph theory) , cardiology , nursing , linguistics , philosophy , ejection fraction , government (linguistics)
Terminal stage heart failure represents a substantial worldwide problem for the healthcare system. Despite significant improvements (medical heart failure treatment, implantable cardioverters, cardiac resynchronization devices), long-term survival and quality of life of these patients remain poor. Heart transplantation has been an effective therapy for terminal heart failure, but it remains limited by an increasing shortage of available donor organs along with strict criteria defining acceptable recipients.