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Overview of Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices and Concepts

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Mechanical circulatory support is an evolving technology that changed the paradigm for management of critically ill patients secondary to cardiogenic shock from different etiology with improved outcomes. The significant advances in the field during the recent years resulted in better, safer, and easier to implant devices that allow more reliable and durable support.

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Abbreviations

CHF:

Congestive heart failure

ECMO:

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

EKG:

Electrocardiography

FDA:

Food and Drug Administration

IABP:

Intra-aortic balloon pump

LV:

Left ventricle

LVAD:

Left ventricular assist device

LVEF:

Left ventricular ejection fraction

MCS:

Mechanical circulatory support

PAPi:

Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index

PCI:

Percutaneous coronary intervention

VA ECMO:

Venous-Arterial Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

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  1. Baylor College of Medicine – Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, USA

    Juan Marcano MD & Aladdein Mattar MD

  2. Division of Congestive Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine – Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, USA

    Jeffrey A. Morgan MD

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    Jamshid H. Karimov

  2. Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

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  3. Kaufman Center for Heart Failure Heart, Thoracic, and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

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Marcano, J., Mattar, A., Morgan, J.A. (2020). Overview of Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices and Concepts. In: Karimov, J., Fukamachi, K., Starling, R. (eds) Mechanical Support for Heart Failure . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47809-4_4

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