Chapter title |
Left Ventricular Assist Devices – A State of the Art Review
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Chapter number | 145 |
Book title |
Heart Failure: From Research to Clinical Practice
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Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/5584_2018_145 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-978279-9, 978-3-31-978280-5
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Authors |
Christina Feldmann, Anamika Chatterjee, Axel Haverich, Jan D. Schmitto, Feldmann, Christina, Chatterjee, Anamika, Haverich, Axel, Schmitto, Jan D. |
Abstract |
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality rates throughout the world. Next to an insufficient number of healthy donors, this has led to increasing numbers of patients on heart transplant waiting lists with prolonged waiting times. Innovative technological advancements have led to the production of ventricular assist devices that play an increasingly important role in end stage heart failure therapy. This review is intended to provide an overview of current implantable left ventricular assist devices, different design concepts and implantation techniques. Challenges such as infections and thromboembolic events that may occur during LVAD implantations have also been discussed. |
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