TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of right ventricular function in left ventricular assist device candidates
AU - Hayek, Salim
AU - Sims, Daniel B.
AU - Markham, David W.
AU - Butler, Javed
AU - Kalogeropoulos, Andreas P.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - As a result of the improved survival of patients with heart failure (HF) and the overall rise in the prevalence of HF,1 the number of patients in advanced (stage D) HF continues to increase, thus exceeding the limited availability of donor organs by a wide margin.2 Initially used primarily as a bridge to heart transplantation, mechanical circulatory support is now increasingly offered as a destination therapy to patients with advanced HF in clinical deterioration who are not candidates for transplantation. Improvement in survival to 80% at 1-year postimplantation3 has steadily followed the development of new technologies such as the continuous-flow pump, which now encompasses 99% of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs),3 and improvements in patient and device management. Far from being a panacea, mechanical circulatory support is still fraught with challenges. Among them, post-LVAD right ventricular failure (RVF) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality.
AB - As a result of the improved survival of patients with heart failure (HF) and the overall rise in the prevalence of HF,1 the number of patients in advanced (stage D) HF continues to increase, thus exceeding the limited availability of donor organs by a wide margin.2 Initially used primarily as a bridge to heart transplantation, mechanical circulatory support is now increasingly offered as a destination therapy to patients with advanced HF in clinical deterioration who are not candidates for transplantation. Improvement in survival to 80% at 1-year postimplantation3 has steadily followed the development of new technologies such as the continuous-flow pump, which now encompasses 99% of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs),3 and improvements in patient and device management. Far from being a panacea, mechanical circulatory support is still fraught with challenges. Among them, post-LVAD right ventricular failure (RVF) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality.
KW - Decision Support Techniques
KW - Echocardiography
KW - Heart Failure
KW - Heart-Assist Devices
KW - Right Ventricle
KW - Ventricular-Assist Device
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U2 - 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.001127
DO - 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.001127
M3 - Article
C2 - 24642920
AN - SCOPUS:84900413388
VL - 7
SP - 379
EP - 389
JO - Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging
JF - Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging
SN - 1941-9651
IS - 2
ER -