Mechanical Circulatory Support: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease: Expert Consult: Online and Print

Description:

Offering comprehensive, authoritative coverage of mechanical circulatory support (MCS), this fully revised companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease provides the clinically relevant information you need to effectively use this therapy to treat and manage end-stage heart failure. New editors and authors - experts in both cardiology and cardiovascular surgery - bring you fully up to date with the newest technology and devices, as well as basic science, clinical applications, adverse event monitoring and management, socioeconomic implications, future directions, and more.

Table Of Contents:

1. History of Assisted Circulation

2. Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock

3. Risk Stratification in Advanced Heart Failure

4. Candidate Selection and Decision Making in MCS

5. Acute Circulatory Support (excluding echo)

6. The Role in Cardiac Support

7. Understanding the Principles of Continuous Flow VADS

8. Hemocompatibility in Mechanical Circulatory Support

9. The Biological Response to Ventricular Unloading

10. Device and Device Selection

11. Intraoperative Operative Techniques and Management

12. Post-Operative VAD Management, Pre and Post Discharge

13. Adverse Events and Mititgation Strategies

14. Right Heart Failure in Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support

15. Clinical Trial Results in Mechanical Circulatory Support

16. Psychosocial and Quality of Life Issue in MCS

17. VADS in Special Population

18. MCS In Pediatric

19. Facilitated Myocardial Recovery

20. The Critical Role of MCS Registries

21. Regulations and Reimbursement for Mechanical Circulatory Support

22. The Future of Mechanical Circulatory Support

23. Test