Y Birati Edo, Jessup Mariell
Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Card Fail Rev. 2015 Apr;1(1):25-30. doi: 10.15420/CFR.2015.01.01.25.
Mechanical circulatory support has emerged as an important therapy for advanced heart failure, with more than 18,000 continuous flow devices implanted worldwide to date. These devices significantly improve survival and quality of life and should be considered in every patient with end-stage heart failure with reduced ejection fraction who has no other life-limiting diseases. All candidates for device implantation should undergo a thorough evaluation in order to identify those who could benefit from device implantation. Long-term management of ventricular assist device patients is challenging and requires knowledge of the characteristic complications with their unique clinical presentations.
机械循环支持已成为晚期心力衰竭的重要治疗方法,迄今为止全球已植入超过18000台连续血流装置。这些装置显著提高了生存率和生活质量,对于每一位射血分数降低的终末期心力衰竭且无其他危及生命疾病的患者都应予以考虑。所有装置植入候选人都应接受全面评估,以确定那些能从装置植入中获益的人。心室辅助装置患者的长期管理具有挑战性,需要了解其独特临床表现的特征性并发症。