CASE 8-1 Transplant for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy This 26-year-old woman with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and prolonged QT syndrome was referred for heart transplantation for low-output heart failure with clinical symptoms of fatigue…
Native valve endocarditis CASE 4-1 Aortic valve endocarditis This 39-year-old female with a history of intravenous drug use, uncontrolled diabetes, and chronic pancreatitis had recently undergone a 21-day course of…
Visualization of the coronary arteries and regional wall motion CASE 1-1 Normal coronary arteries Fig 1.1 In a magnified short-axis view of the aorta slightly cephalad to the valve plane,…
I. The trail blazed and the pathway ahead As the field of Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) reaches into its sixth decade beyond first laboratory experimentation, it behooves us to reflect…
Heart failure (HF) is characterized by a pathologic process known as remodeling that involves progressive enlargement (See Chapter 9 ) of the ventricle, reduction in contractility, and an increase in…
Disclosure Dr. Russell is a consultant for Medtronic and serves on the Data and Safety Monitoring Board for the HeartMate 3 trial sponsored by Abbott. Dr. Teuteberg has industry relationships…
Origins of Intermacs/Pedimacs In The Artificial Heart: Prototypes, Policies, and Patients: Institute of Medicine Report from 1991, the committee opined that “maintaining a registry of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) recipients…
Introduction A regulatory/reimbursement product plan should be created simultaneously, early in the product development cycle, with the concept of developing ongoing evidence to support appropriate device use. If each is…
Introduction Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) for pediatric patients has advanced enormously, since its first reported use in the 1950s by Gibbon, Kirklin, and Lillehei in the form of a cardiopulmonary…
Key wordsventricular assist devices, adverse events, stroke, risk factors, vad outcomes, device malfunction Introduction The evolution of ventricular assist devices (VAD) since the year 2000 has allowed patients with…
