Mechanical devices are emerging as supplementary nonpharmacologic management strategies for acute heart failure, targeting circulatory failure, volume overload, and respiratory failure.
What is the role of mechanical devices in the management of acutely decompensated heart failure?
Mechanical devices are emerging as important nonpharmacologic adjuncts to pharmacologic therapy in the management of acute heart failure.
The optimal management strategy for patients with acutely decompensated heart failure has been limited to the use of various pharmacologic agents. However, with technological advances in mechanical devices, nonpharmacologic approaches now are available to supplement pharmacologic management. These devices range in sophistication and expertise and target various features of the acute heart failure patient, such as circulatory failure, volume overload, renal insufficiency, and respiratory failure. As more innovations and technologies emerge, these new devices may become a cornerstone of the management strategy in cardiac patients.
Kale et al. (Tue,) conducted a review in Acutely decompensated heart failure. Mechanical devices was evaluated. Mechanical devices are emerging as supplementary nonpharmacologic management strategies for acute heart failure, targeting circulatory failure, volume overload, and respiratory failure.
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