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Mechanical Circulatory Support: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease

  • 2nd Edition - July 9, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: James K. Kirklin, Joseph G Rogers
  • Language: English

Offering comprehensive, authoritative coverage of mechanical circulatory support (MCS), this fully revised companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease provides the clinically relev… Read more

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Offering comprehensive, authoritative coverage of mechanical circulatory support (MCS), this fully revised companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease provides the clinically relevant information you need to effectively use this therapy to treat and manage end-stage heart failure. New editors and authors – experts in both cardiology and cardiovascular surgery – bring you fully up to date with the newest technology and devices, as well as basic science, clinical applications, adverse event monitoring and management, socioeconomic implications, future directions, and more.

Key features

  • Covers all of the newest techniques, including new-generation devices.
  • Discusses the management of common patient problems, highlighting cautions and outcomes, as well as pathophysiology and rationale for treatment.
  • Brings you up to speed with the latest coverage of ventricular assist devices (VAD), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), next-generation centrifugal pumps, and total artificial hearts.
  • Provides a complete clinical perspective of the latest scientific breakthroughs and analysis of the current literature.
  • Includes coverage of the most recent guidelines and protocols, including MCS for pediatric and congenital heart disease; the Interagency Registry of Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS) as a tool to track and advance clinical practice; and cellular, molecular, genomic, and functional changes that occur in the failing heart in response to MCS.
  • Presents practical evidence from the registry of thousands of cases to guide cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, emergency physicians, primary care physicians, and other team members on the best management course to follow for each particular patient.
  • Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

Readership

Heart Failure Specialists, Interventional Cardiologists, Cardiovascular Surgeons (note: outside the US patient care typically is managed by surgeons), General Cardiologists

Table of contents

1. History of Assisted Circulation

2. Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock

3. Risk Stratification in Advanced Heart Failure

4. Candidate Selection and Decision Making in MCS

5. Acute Circulatory Support (excluding echo)

6. The Role in Cardiac Support

7. Understanding the Principles of Continuous Flow VADS

8. Hemocompatibility in Mechanical Circulatory Support

9. The Biological Response to Ventricular Unloading

10. Device and Device Selection

11. Intraoperative Operative Techniques and Management

12. Post-Operative VAD Management, Pre and Post Discharge

13. Adverse Events and Mititgation Strategies

14. Right Heart Failure in Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support

15. Clinical Trial Results in Mechanical Circulatory Support

16. Psychosocial and Quality of Life Issue in MCS

17. VADS in Special Population

18. MCS In Pediatric

19. Facilitated Myocardial Recovery

20. The Critical Role of MCS Registries

21. Regulations and Reimbursement for Mechanical Circulatory Support

22. The Future of Mechanical Circulatory Support

23. Test

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 9, 2019
  • Language: English

About the authors

JK

James K. Kirklin

Dr. James Kirklin is Director, Kirklin Institute for Research in Surgical Outcomes (KIRSO), Professor of Surgery, former Director of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and holds the James Kirklin Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Kirklin served as Director of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery from 2006 – 2016, with clinical interests focusing on surgery for pediatric and adult congenital heart disease, heart transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support. His many research interests involve cardiac transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, and outcomes research in pediatric cardiac surgery. Dr. Kirklin is past President of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) and President-elect of the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. He served as Editor of the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation from 2000 – 2009. He was first author on the premier textbook on Heart Transplantation and co-author of the 4th Edition of the Cardiac Surgery textbook. In 2020, he received the ISHLT Lifetime Achievement Award. He has authored over 500 scientific publications
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Director, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

JR

Joseph G Rogers

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Duke Mechanical Circulatory Support Program; Senior Vice Chief for Clinical Affairs, Division of Cardiology; Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

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