Schumer Erin M, Ising Mickey S, Slaughter Mark S
a Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery , University of Louisville , Louisville , KY 40202 , USA.
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2015 Nov;13(11):1185-93. doi: 10.1586/14779072.2015.1098534. Epub 2015 Nov 2.
Heart failure is a clinical syndrome with significant morbidity and mortality. The use of left ventricular assist devices has improved outcomes for patients with advanced heart failure in the face of limited donor organs available for heart transplantation. This article describes current issues and limitations facing the left ventricular assist device field and explores how the field can be expanded in this setting.
心力衰竭是一种具有显著发病率和死亡率的临床综合征。面对可用于心脏移植的供体器官有限的情况，左心室辅助装置的使用改善了晚期心力衰竭患者的治疗结果。本文描述了左心室辅助装置领域当前面临的问题和局限性，并探讨了在这种情况下该领域如何能够得到扩展。
