Mechanical Circulatory Support for Advanced Heart Failure (eBook)

Jeffrey A. Morgan, MDChief, Division of Cardiothoracic TransplantationSurgical Director, Advanced Heart Failure CenterCHI Baylor St. Luke’s Medical CenterTexas Heart Institute6770 Bertner Avenue, Suite C-355NHouston, TX 77030Andrew Civitello, MDMedical Director, Heart Transplant ProgramCo-Director, Advanced Heart Failure CenterCHI Baylor St. Luke’s Medical CenterTexas Heart Institute6620 Main Street, Suite 1225Houston, TX 77030O.H. Frazier, MDChief, Center for Cardiac SupportCHI Baylor St. Luke’s Medical CenterTexas Heart InstitutePO Box 20345, MC 2-114AHouston, TX 77225

Mechanical Circulatory Support Therapy for the Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure   Editors: Jeffrey A. Morgan, Andrew B. Civitello and O. H. Frazier   Table of Contents       Foreword - Denton A. Cooley   Preface - Jeffrey A. Morgan, Andrew B. Civitello and O. H. Frazier     Chapter 1. History of Mechanical Circulatory Support - O. H. Frazier   Chapter 2. Who is an Appropriate Candidate for Long-Term MCS: The Art of Patient Selection - Carol S. C. Lai and Andrew B. Civitello   Chapter 3. Optimization of Right Ventricular Function Pre-Operatively for LVAD Implantation - Salman Gohar, Samar Sheth, Reynolds M. Delgado, III   Chapter 4. Bridge-to-Bridge Strategies with IABP, Impella, and Tandem Heart - Samar Sheth, Salman Bandeali and Joggy K. George   Chapter 5. LVAD Surgical Implant Technique: Extra-Peritoneal Approach - Rachel A. Beaupré, Gabriel Loor and Jeffrey A. Morgan   Chapter 6. LVAD Surgical Implant Technique: Infra-Diaphragmatic Approach - Jeffrey A. Morgan and O. H. Frazier   Chapter 7. Intraoperative Anesthesia Management - Marissa Wagner Mery, Siavosh Saatee and Charles D. Collard   Chapter 8. Perioperative Management of LVAD Patients - Krishna Ayyagari, William Patrick Mulvoy, III, Arthur W. Bracey, Cesar A. Castillo, James P. Herlihy   Chapter 9. Perioperative Optimization of a Patient’s Fluid Status - Sarah A. Shearer and Whitson B. Etheridge   Chapter 10. Chronic Management of Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices - Luke C. Cunningham and Ajith P. Nair   Chapter 11. Surveillance Echocardiography for LVAD Patients - Raymond F. Stainback   Chapter 12. Diagnosis of Device Thrombosis  - Cyril Varughese, Ajith P. Nair and Jordan Chaisson   Chapter 13. Device Exchange: THI Technique Involving a Left Subcostal Approach - Tadahisa Sugiura and Masashi Kawabori   Chapter 14. Mechanical Circulatory Support to Bridge to a Long-term Continuous-flow Left Ventricular Assist Device as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation - Chitaru Kurihara   Chapter 15. Outcomes Using LVADs for Destination Therapy - Priyanka Sen and Selby B. Oberton   Chapter 16. Cardiac Regenerative Strategies for Advanced Heart Failure - Vivekkumar Patel, Megumi Mathison, Vivek Singh, Jianchang Yang and Todd K. Rosengart   Chapter 17. Long-Term Complications of Ventricular Assist Devices - George V. Letsou   Chapter 18. Right Ventricular Failure in Patients Undergoing LVAD Placement - David Kuten and Joggy K. George