Full Description
As the population ages, the medical profession predicts that the prevalence of heart failure will continue to increase at least through 2030. Advances in medical and surgical therapy are allowing more people to survive acute cardiac events and to live longer with heart failure; however, morbidity and mortality remain high. MCS has become mainstay therapy for severe acute and chronic heart failure. Management of heart failure patients receiving mechanical circulatory support (MCS) is complex and requires care from multiple medical specialties to achieve positive outcomes.
The purpose of this book is to provide comprehensive contemporary information on the management of patients with acute or chronic severe heart failure who are being treated with MCS. The main emphasis throughout this book is management based on current best practices. There are three sections: (1) Management of Acute Heart Failure, (2) Management of Chronic Heart Failure, and (3) Special Considerations in the Management of Advanced Heart Failure. The first two sections begin with overview chapters to provide a basis for the subsequent chapters.
This book is a must-have resource for general Cardiologists, Heart Failure Cardiologists, Cardiac Surgeons, Intensivists, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Perfusionists and ventricular assist device (VAD) Coordinators. Topics covered in the text will also be of interest to Radiologists, Hematologists and Pathologists. Postgraduate trainees in cardiovascular medicine will be a key readership. Students in medicine and nursing will use this text to gather a basic understanding of the care of patient with severe heart failure.
Contents
Section 1 Management of Acute Heart Failure.- Chapter 1 Cardiogenic Shock.- Chapter 2 Short-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support: patient and device selection.- Chapter 3 Short-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support: implantation procedures and techniques.- Chapter 4 Vascular Access for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.- Chapter 5 Extracorporeal Life Support Management.- Chapter 6 Transport of Patients Supported by Short-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support.- Chapter 7 Management of Short-term Mechanical Circulatory Support.- Section 2 Management of Chronic Heart Failure.- Chapter 8 Advanced-Stage Chronic Heart Failure.- Chapter 9 Challenges, Risk Factors, and Outcomes with Long Term Mechanical Circulatory Support.- Chapter 10 Current Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems.- Chapter 11 Pre-implant Patient Assessment and Optimization.- Chapter 12 Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant Procedures and Techniques.- Chapter 13 PostoperativeManagement of Patients Supported by a Left Ventricular Assist Device.- Chapter 14 Biventricular and Isolated Right Ventricular Support.- Chapter 15 SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Implant Procedures and Techniques.- Chapter 16 Carmat Total Artificial Heart Implant Procedures and Techniques.- Chapter 17 Postoperative Management of Patients Supported by a Total Artificial Heart.- Chapter 18 Anticoagulation for Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support.- Chapter 19 Post-discharge Considerations and Management Recommendations in Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients.- Chapter 20 Removal and Exchange of Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support.- Section 3 Special Considerations in the Management of Advanced Heart Failure.- Chapter 21 Unique Patient Populations Requiring Mechanical Circulatory Support.- Chapter 22 Management of Mechanical Circulatory Support in Pediatric Heart Failure.- Chapter 23 Anesthesia Practices for Implantation of Mechanical Circulatory Support.- Chapter 24 Management of Sensitization during Mechanical Circulatory Support.- Chapter 25 Imaging in Mechanical Circulatory Support - Echocardiography.- Chapter 26 Imaging in Mechanical Circulatory Support - Computed Tomography.- Chapter 27 Management of Right Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension During Mechanical Circulatory Support.- Chapter 28 Guidelines for Management of Mechanical Circulatory Support.- Chapter 29 Future Direction in Mechanical Circulatory Support.- Chapter 30 Pathology in Mechanical Circulatory Support.
