TY - JOUR
T1 - Left ventricular assist devices
T2 - Physiologic assessment using echocardiography for management and optimization
AU - Mookadam, Farouk
AU - Kendall, Christopher B.
AU - Wong, Raymond K.
AU - Kalya, Anantharam
AU - Warsame, Tahlil
AU - Arabia, Francisco A.
AU - Lusk, Joan
AU - Moustafa, Sherif
AU - Steidley, Eric
AU - Quader, Nishath
AU - Chandrasekaran, Krishnaswamy
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - Left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) are being deployed increasingly in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction and medically refractory congestive heart failure of any etiology. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the use of the Thoratec Heartmate II (Thoratec Corporation, Pleasanton, CA, USA) for outpatient use. Echocardiography is fundamental during each stage of patient management, pre-LVAD placement, during LVAD placement, for postoperative LVAD optimization and long-term follow-up. We present a pragmatic and systematic echocardiographic approach that serves as a guide for the management of left ventricular assist devices.
AB - Left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) are being deployed increasingly in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction and medically refractory congestive heart failure of any etiology. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the use of the Thoratec Heartmate II (Thoratec Corporation, Pleasanton, CA, USA) for outpatient use. Echocardiography is fundamental during each stage of patient management, pre-LVAD placement, during LVAD placement, for postoperative LVAD optimization and long-term follow-up. We present a pragmatic and systematic echocardiographic approach that serves as a guide for the management of left ventricular assist devices.
KW - 2-dimensional echocardiography
KW - Congestive heart failure
KW - LVAD physiology and optimization
KW - Left ventricular assist devices
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84855518926&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.11.009
DO - 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.11.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 22230137
AN - SCOPUS:84855518926
SN - 0301-5629
VL - 38
SP - 335
EP - 345
JO - Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
JF - Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
IS - 2
ER -