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Introduction Mechanical circulatory support with durable left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) has become a mainstay therapy for treatment of advanced heart failure refractory to optimal medical management and has now surpassed cardiac transplantation as the most frequently utilized surgical therapy…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices are mechanical pumps designed to assist or replace the function of the left and/or right ventricle(s) of the heart. Important features that characterize MCS…