• Cardiology clinics · Nov 2012

    Management of implantable assisted circulation devices: emergency issues.

    • Thomas Klein and Miriam S Jacob.
    • Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 South Paca Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA.
    • Cardiol Clin. 2012 Nov 1;30(4):673-82.

    AbstractAs the prevalence of systolic heart failure increases, the population of patients in need of advanced therapies becomes larger. As the number of transplants performed each year plateaus, the prevalence of community-dwelling patients with ventricular assist devices (VADs) increases. A broad range of physicians, including emergency physicians, general cardiologists, and generalists, will be exposed to these patients, and must be informed on the disease processes and complications specific to these devices. With an understanding of up-front evaluation and management, these patients may be triaged and stabilized, and will benefit before referral for definitive care by a VAD specialist.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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