Open AccessLeft ventricular assist device (LVAD) program in Chile: first successful experience in South America
Author(s) -
Oneglio Pedemonte,
Andrés Vera,
Lorenzo Merello,
Manuel Novajas,
Fernando Aranda,
Julio Ibarra,
José Antonio Costa Muñoz,
Javier Alburquerque,
Paulina Sánchez Espinoza,
Felipe Cárdenas,
Ernesto Aránguiz-Santander
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.02.83
Subject(s) - ventricular assist device , medicine , cardiology , heart failure
The need to have a variety of tools to deal with end-stage heart failure (ES-HF), along with the limited heart transplantation availability encouraged us to create a pilot Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) program in a public health care system hospital in Chile.