Ventricular Assist Devices in Advanced-Stage Heart Failure
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Beschreibung
This book focuses on how ventricular assist devices (VADs) can help provide destination therapy for patients with terminal heart failure, one of the most serious diseases in the world today because of the tremendous number of patients, the high mortality rate, and the cost of care. One means of providing cardiological support for patients suffering from heart failure is with VADs, and more than 10,000 patients worldwide have now been implanted with these devices. Half of them already have lived more than one year, and 2,000 patients more than two years, after surgery. This improved survival means that we have reached a point where VADs can be used for destination therapy, not just for bridge-to-recovery or bridge-to-transplant. In view of the increasing number of patients with advanced-stage heart failure and the availability and longevity of transplanted hearts, VADs can solve many problems. In addition to providing information about the devices themselves, this book includes vital guidelines on long-term management and support of VAD-implanted patients’ everyday lives.
This book focuses on how ventricular assist devices (VADs) can help provide destination therapy for patients with terminal heart failure, one of the most serious diseases in the world today because of the tremendous number of patients, the high mortality rate, and the cost of care. One means of providing cardiological support for patients suffering from heart failure is with VADs, and more than 10,000 patients worldwide have now been implanted with these devices. Half of them already have lived more than one year, and 2,000 patients more than two years, after surgery. This improved survival means that we have reached a point where VADs can be used for destination therapy, not just for bridge-to-recovery or bridge-to-transplant. In view of the increasing number of patients with advanced-stage heart failure and the availability and longevity of transplanted hearts, VADs can solve many problems. In addition to providing information about the devices themselves, this book includes vital guidelines on long-term management and support of VAD-implanted patients’ everyday lives.
Reviews and discusses all current and developing device technologies for advanced-stage heart failure Comprehensive and critical evaluation of clinical outcomes Provides a definitive sense of future approaches in which device therapies might further be applied to support high QOL of patients
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Shunei Kyo
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From the reviews:
“The scope of this book encompasses the broad and interesting field of assist devices and their use in patients with advanced heart failure. … The book is written for practitioners in the field of ventricular assist devices and is useful for healthcare professionals involved in the care of these patients. … This is a compact overview of the dynamic field of ventricular assist devices.” (Michael Bates, Doody’s Book Reviews, February, 2014)
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