Advance in ventricular assist devices and current controversies / 中华胸心血管外科杂志
Chinese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
;
(12): 632-634, 2017.
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in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-667289
ABSTRACT
Advanced heart failure(AHF)is a global epidemic with high morbidity and mortality.Heart transplantation has been the main method for the treatment of AHF.However, for the extreme shortage of organ donations, heart transplanta-tion is no obvious increase.Left ventricular assist devices(LVADs)have become a viable therapeutic approach as a bridge to heart transplantation, as well as destination therapy or part of the bridge to recovery.This review focuses on the therapeutic effect with VAD, current controversies and prospects.
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Chinese
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Chinese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
2017
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