Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY
Volume 55, Issue -, Pages I31-I37Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy444
Keywords
Mechanical circulatory report; Left ventricular assist device; Total artificial heart; Biventricular assist device
Funding
- Medtronic
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Mechanical circulatory support gained a significant value in the armamentarium of heart failure therapy because of the increased awareness of the prevalence of heart failure and the tremendous advances in the field of mechanical circulatory support during the last decades. Current device technologies already complement a heart transplant as the gold standard of treatment for patients with end-stage heart failure refractory to conservative medical therapy. This article reviews important aspects of mechanical circulatory support therapy and focuses on currently debated issues.
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