Multimodality imaging for the evaluation and management of patients with long-term (durable) left ventricular assist devices
Matteo Cameli,
Hatem Soliman Aboumarie,
Maria Concetta Pastore
et al.
Abstract:Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are gaining increasing importance as therapeutic strategy in advanced heart failure (HF), not only as bridge to recovery or to transplant, but also as destination therapy. Even though long-term LVADs are considered a precious resource to expand the treatment options and improve clinical outcome these patients, these are limited by peri-operative and post-operative complications, such as device-related infections, haemocompatibility-related events, device mispositioning a… Show more
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