TY - JOUR
T1 - Heart failure while on ventricular assist device support
T2 - A true clinical entity?
AU - Aissaoui, Nadia
AU - Morshuis, Michiel
AU - Diebold, Benoit
AU - Guerot, Emmanuel
AU - Gummert, Jan
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Ventricular assist devices (VADs) have become an established therapeutic option for patients with end-stage heart failure. The appearance of heart failure in VAD patients seems unexpected. Nevertheless, this phenomenon is not rare. We report six cases of VAD patients with clinical presentation of heart failure at different times after implantation and describe the mechanisms involved. The aetiology of this heart failure, like its clinical presentation, varies and has yet to be identified.
AB - Ventricular assist devices (VADs) have become an established therapeutic option for patients with end-stage heart failure. The appearance of heart failure in VAD patients seems unexpected. Nevertheless, this phenomenon is not rare. We report six cases of VAD patients with clinical presentation of heart failure at different times after implantation and describe the mechanisms involved. The aetiology of this heart failure, like its clinical presentation, varies and has yet to be identified.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.acvd.2012.09.006
DO - 10.1016/j.acvd.2012.09.006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23374971
AN - SCOPUS:84873407697
SN - 1875-2136
VL - 106
SP - 44
EP - 51
JO - Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases
JF - Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases
IS - 1
ER -