Mechanical Circulatory Support in End-Stage Heart Failure A Practical Manual /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Montalto, Andrea (Editor), Loforte, Antonio (Editor), Musumeci, Francesco (Editor), Krabatsch, Thomas (Editor), Slaughter, Mark S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Critical care medicine.; Cardiology.; Cardiac surgery.; Thoracic surgery.; Surgical transplantation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Transplant Surgery.; Thoracic Surgery.

This book is a detailed practical guide to the use of ventricular assist devices and total artificial hearts to provide mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in patients with end-stage heart failure. It explains why MCS may be indicated, which patients require MCS, when and how to implant ventricular...