Ventricular assist devices: The future is now

Brian Lima; Michael Mack; Gonzalo V Gonzalez-Stawinski

doi:10.1016/j.tcm.2014.11.008

Ventricular assist devices: The future is now

Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2015 May;25(4):360-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2014.11.008. Epub 2014 Nov 20.

Authors

Brian Lima¹, Michael Mack², Gonzalo V Gonzalez-Stawinski³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Heart Hospital, Baylor Plano, Plano, TX.
³ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX. Electronic address: gonzo.gonzalez@baylorhealth.edu.

PMID: 25596799
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2014.11.008

Abstract

Heart failure has become a global epidemic. For advanced heart failure, a broad assortment of device options have been introduced for both acute and prolonged intervals of hemodynamic assistance. Durable implantable ventricular assist devices (VADs) in particular play a key role in the management of advanced heart failure. This review focuses specifically on the current outcomes with VAD therapy, highlights the results from pivotal clinical trials, and summarizes the various device options on the market and those in preclinical development.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Clinical Trials as Topic
Heart Failure / mortality
Heart Failure / therapy*
Heart-Assist Devices / adverse effects
Heart-Assist Devices / trends*
Humans
Patient Selection
Prosthesis Design / trends
Quality of Life
Survival Analysis
Treatment Outcome