Overview
Describes the fundamentals of mechanical circulatory support devices and their use in children and adults
Discusses clinical management and implantation techniques
Provides perspectives on blood pump technology from clinicians and engineers
Examines the limitations of current technology, potential for improvements, and insights on future
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Table of contents (46 chapters)
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Overview of the Mechanical Circulatory Support
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Indications and Selection for Mechanical Circulatory Support
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About this book
Topics featured in this book include:
- The history of mechanical circulatory device development.
- Fundamentals of hemodynamics support.
- Clinical management of mechanical circulatory devices.
- Surgical implantation techniques.
- Current limitations of device therapies in advanced heart failure.
- Advanced and novel devices in the development pipeline.
- Opportunities for advancement in the field.
Mechanical Support for Heart Failure: Current Solutions and New Technologies is a must-have resource for not only physicians, residents, fellows, and medical students in cardiology and cardiac surgery, but also clinical and basic researchers in biomedical engineering with an interest in mechanical circulatory support, heart failure, and new technological applications in medicine.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Kiyotaka Fukamachi, MD, PhD
Professor of Molecular Medicine
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Randall C Starling, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA, FESC, FHFAProfessor of Medicine
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Kaufman Center for Heart Failure
Heart and Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mechanical Support for Heart Failure
Book Subtitle: Current Solutions and New Technologies
Editors: Jamshid H. Karimov, Kiyotaka Fukamachi, Randall C. Starling
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47809-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47808-7Published: 05 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47811-7Published: 06 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47809-4Published: 04 September 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 744
Number of Illustrations: 81 b/w illustrations, 323 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology