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Left Ventricular Assist Devices for Long-Term Circulatory Support

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Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have become an increasingly utilized therapy for advanced heart failure (HF) due to recent innovations in technology, which have led to significantly improved outcomes. With a rapidly aging population in the United States and industrialized world, it is expected that the prevalence and incidence of HF will continue to increase. It is estimated that there are currently between 110,000 and 280,000 adults in the United States alone with NYHA Class IIIB and Class IV HF that could potentially be candidates for LVAD therapy [1]. Currently, <5000 LVAD implants are being performed annually in the US so it appears that this therapy is significantly underutilized.

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    Abbasali S. Badami MBBS

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    Shahab A. Akhter MD

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Badami, A.S., Akhter, S.A. (2016). Left Ventricular Assist Devices for Long-Term Circulatory Support. In: Raman, J. (eds) Management of Heart Failure. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4279-9_11

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