Population
Patients with acute or chronic heart failure requiring mechanical circulatory support
Design
Review
Key result
Ventricular assist devices offer various short-, intermediate-, and long-term support options for patients with heart failure, with selection depending on clinical needs and expected duration of support.
Authors
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May inform VAD selection by expected support duration in heart failure; leaves open need for prospective comparative trials.
A review of ventricular assist device selection highlights the importance of tailoring short-, intermediate-, and long-term mechanical circulatory support to individual patient needs and cardiac recovery potential.
Stulak et al. (2014) conducted a review in Heart failure. Ventricular assist devices was evaluated. Ventricular assist devices offer various short-, intermediate-, and long-term support options for patients with heart failure, with selection depending on clinical needs and expected duration of support.
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