PMID- 26052234
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150608
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 1179-5468 (Print)
IS  - 1179-5468 (Electronic)
IS  - 1179-5468 (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - Suppl 2
DP  - 2015
TI  - Complications of Continuous-Flow Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices.
PG  - 15-21
LID - 10.4137/CMC.S19708 [doi]
AB  - Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), more importantly the continuous-flow 
      subclass, have revolutionized the medical field by improving New York Heart 
      Association (NYHA) functional class status, quality of life, and survival rates 
      in patients with advanced systolic heart failure. From the first pulsatile device 
      to modern day continuous-flow devices, LVADs have continued to improve, but they 
      are still associated with several complications. These complications include 
      infection, bleeding, thrombosis, hemolysis, aortic valvular dysfunction, right 
      heart failure, and ventricular arrhythmias. In this article, we aim to review 
      these complications to understand the most appropriate approach for their 
      prevention and to discuss the available therapeutic modalities.
FAU - Patel, Harsh
AU  - Patel H
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine, SUNY Downstate School of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, 
      USA.
FAU - Madanieh, Raef
AU  - Madanieh R
AD  - St. Francis Hospital - The Heart Center , Center for Advanced Cardiac 
      Therapeutics, Roslyn, NY, USA.
FAU - Kosmas, Constantine E
AU  - Kosmas CE
AD  - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Zena and Michael A. Wiener 
      Cardiovascular Institute, New York, NY, USA.
FAU - Vatti, Satya K
AU  - Vatti SK
AD  - St. Francis Hospital - The Heart Center , Center for Advanced Cardiac 
      Therapeutics, Roslyn, NY, USA.
FAU - Vittorio, Timothy J
AU  - Vittorio TJ
AD  - St. Francis Hospital - The Heart Center , Center for Advanced Cardiac 
      Therapeutics, Roslyn, NY, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20150521
PL  - United States
TA  - Clin Med Insights Cardiol
JT  - Clinical Medicine Insights. Cardiology
JID - 101525768
PMC - PMC4441367
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - aortic insufficiency
OT  - bleeding
OT  - continuous-flow
OT  - infection
OT  - left ventricular assist device
OT  - pulsatile-flow
OT  - right ventricular failure
OT  - thrombosis
OT  - ventricular arrhythmias
EDAT- 2015/06/09 06:00
MHDA- 2015/06/09 06:01
PMCR- 2015/05/21
CRDT- 2015/06/09 06:00
PHST- 2014/10/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/12/01 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2014/12/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/06/09 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/06/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/06/09 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2015/05/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - cmc-suppl.2-2015-015 [pii]
AID - 10.4137/CMC.S19708 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Clin Med Insights Cardiol. 2015 May 21;9(Suppl 2):15-21. doi: 10.4137/CMC.S19708. 
      eCollection 2015.