TY - JOUR
T1 - Left ventricular assist device as a bridge to recovery
T2 - Present status
AU - Kumpati, Ganesh S.
AU - McCarthy, Patrick M.
AU - Hoercher, Katherine J.
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - A new application for left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) is as a bridge to recovery. In the settings of myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy, LVAD support is accompanied by marked hemodynamic, neurohormonal, physiologic, cellular, and molecular changes indicative of recovery. Despite these changes, experience with clinical successes is limited. Further studies of topics such as the timing of LVAD implantation and explantation, adjunct medical and surgical therapy, and optimum LVAD weaning protocols might help improve the success of this promising technology.
AB - A new application for left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) is as a bridge to recovery. In the settings of myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy, LVAD support is accompanied by marked hemodynamic, neurohormonal, physiologic, cellular, and molecular changes indicative of recovery. Despite these changes, experience with clinical successes is limited. Further studies of topics such as the timing of LVAD implantation and explantation, adjunct medical and surgical therapy, and optimum LVAD weaning protocols might help improve the success of this promising technology.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2001.tb00524.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2001.tb00524.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 11833702
AN - SCOPUS:0035701476
SN - 0886-0440
VL - 16
SP - 294
EP - 301
JO - Journal of Cardiac Surgery
JF - Journal of Cardiac Surgery
IS - 4
ER -