Circulatory Assist Devices in Heart Failure

Author(s):  
Gregory A. Ewald ◽  
Carmelo A. Milano ◽  
Joseph G. Rogers
1994 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy V. Votapka ◽  
D. Glenn Pennington

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eluisa La Franca ◽  
Rosanna Iacona ◽  
Laura Ajello ◽  
Angela Sansone ◽  
Marco Caruso ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Roberta C. Bogaev ◽  
Reynolds M. Delgado ◽  
Heinrich Taegtmeyer ◽  
O.H. Frazier

Author(s):  
Ayan Sen ◽  
Bhavesh M. Patel

Mechanical circulatory assist devices (MCADs) are used in patients with decompensated heart failure refractory to medical therapy. The devices are used as a bridge to transplant, as a bridge to recovery for reversible conditions, as a bridge to decision while a patient’s eligibility for transplant is determined, and as destination therapy to support left-sided heart function when a patient is not eligible for transplant. MCADs restore tissue circulation by increasing blood flow and, thereby, improving organ function.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Álvaro Vázquez Lopez-Cepero ◽  
Javier Iborra Escalona ◽  
Vicente Torres-Pedrós

Un dispositivo de asistencia mecánica circulatoria o AMC, es una bomba con capacidad de dar soporte mecánico a un corazón en fallo cardiaco, facilitando el bombeo de la sangre desde las cavidades cardiacas hacia la circulación sistémica. Consideramos asistencia circulatoria a cualquier dispositivo o sistema utilizado para apoyar o sustituir la función cardiaca de forma temporal o, más raramente, permanente. Por norma general nos referimos a las asistencias ventriculares mecánicas y al corazón artificial total.  ABSTRACT A mechanical circulatory assist devices (MCADs) , is a pump capable of giving mechanical support to a heart in heart failure, facilitating the pumping of blood from the cardiac cavities to the systemic circulation. We consider circulatory assistance to any device or system used to support or replace cardiac function temporarily or, more rarely, permanently. As a general rule, we refer to mechanical ventricular assist and total artificial heart.


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