Abstract
Ventricular assist devices (VADs) have improved dramatically over the past several decades but stroke remains a problem. There are multiple etiologies of both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes associated with VADs. While this problem is yet to be solved, there are continuing efforts at improving the design of VADs to decrease the incidence of stroke and to improve long-term survival in patients requiring mechanical circulatory assistance. The purpose is to review the incidence and underlying causes of stroke in VAD patients.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 578-583 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Cardiac Surgery |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2018 |
Funding
Olga N. Kislitsina MD, Duc T. Pham MD, Patrick M. McCarthy MD, Clyde W. Yancy MD, Esther E. Vorovich: No external funding has been hired for this study and no conflicts of interest to declare. Allen A. Anderson MD: Abbott/St. Jude/Thoratec Clinical investigator and research support. Jonothan D. Rich, MD: received honoraria/consulting fees from Medtronic-Heartware. James L. Cox, MD: Consultant and Stockholder of Atricure, Adagio Medical, SentreHEART, and PAVmed; Board of Directors, Adagio Medical, PAVmed, and Lucid Diagnostics; co-founder of Adagio Medical and no conflicts of interest to declare for this study.
Keywords
- heart failure
- mechanical circulatory support
- stroke
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
- Surgery