RT Book, Section
A1 Dao, Hiep
A2 Freeman, Brian S.
A2 Berger, Jeffrey S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1135740135
T1 Ventricular Assist Devices
T2 Anesthesiology Core Review: Part Two Advanced Exam
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259641770
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135740135
RD 2024/04/25
AB Ventricular  assist  devices  (VADs)  are  increasingly  being  placed  in  patients  with  severe  heart  failure  and  cardiogenic  shock.  LVADs  are  essentially  artificial  hearts  that  assist  the  circulation  and  used  to  treat  patients  with  advanced  heart  failure.  These  patients  have  deteriorating  New  York  Heart  Association  class  IV  heart  failure  despite  inotropic  and/or  intra-aortic  balloon  pump  support,  usually  with  end-organ  dysfunction  (left  ventricular  ejection  fractions  less  than  25%  and  maximum  oxygen  consumption  less  than  15  mL/kg/min).