- Describes the multidisciplinary approach of Patients with heart and/or lung failure that require MCS/ECMO
- Addresses the Administrative and Professional needs of these clinicians, aside from clinical context
- A key resource for any Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) clinician
This book comprehensively reviews LM revascularization, one of the most technically challenging and prognostically relevant topics for cardiologists.
LM carries blood to 70-80% of the normal heart, and diseases affecting this coronary segment are a common cardiac condition. Beginning in the sixties, management was exclusively been the domain of cardiac surgeons, and recent dramatic changes in percutaneous techniques have led to huge improvements, but have also brought significant surgical challenges.
In the book, top cardiac surgeons describe current and future operative techniques, while leading interventional cardiologists discuss new bifurcation techniques. It also investigates the recently released European Society of Cardiology Guidelines in detail.
Featuring the latest scientific studies with long-term follow up, and detailed descriptions of the techniques used, this book provides comprehensive guidance for any clinician, and is a valuable resource for cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and internists.
Table of Contents- Mechanical Circulatory Support: Evolution and History
- Pump Design and Mechanics
- Mechanical Circulatory Support Indications and Patient Selection
- Patient Optimization Prior to MCS
- Surgical Insertion of a Ventricular Assist Device
- Postoperative Management of the VAD Patient
- Ventricular Assist Device Complications
- Infectious Concerns and Prevention for Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices
- Anticoagulation for Ventricular Assist Devices
- Exercise and Physical Therapy with Ventricular Assist Device
- Nutrition for the Advanced Heart Failure and VAD Patient
- Outpatient Management for the VAD Patient
- Regulatory Agencies Impacting Mechanical Circulatory Support Programs
- Reimbursement in Ventricular Assist Device Implant and Care
- Ventricular Assist Devices for the Pediatric Population
- Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Administrative Aspects of the Ventricular Assist Device Program
- Psychosocial and Palliative Aspects of VAD Care
- Professional Organizations in the Mechanical Circulatory Support Community: An Opportunity to Network
Clinical Research and Applications to Mechanical Circulatory Support- Mechanical Circulatory Support in the Era of COVID-19
