"This is an excellent and comprehensive book on a broad and complicated area in medicine. It is well thought out and written by some of the leaders in the field of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) therapy. ... This book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date approach to patients with heart failure requiring mechanical circulatory support. It will be a great resource for physicians in the field of heart failure." (Aditya Bansal, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2018)
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. Cunninghamand 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
Jeffrey A. Morgan, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Transplantation
Surgical Director, Advanced Heart Failure Center
CHI Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Texas Heart Institute
6770 Bertner Avenue, Suite C-355N
Houston, TX 77030
Andrew Civitello, MD
Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program
Co-Director, Advanced Heart Failure Center
CHI Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Texas Heart Institute
6620 Main Street, Suite 1225
Houston, TX 77030
O.H. Frazier, MD
Chief, Center for Cardiac Support
CHI Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Texas Heart Institute
PO Box 20345, MC 2-114A
Houston, TX 77225
This book provides the most up to date information on every aspect of clinical care relating to patients with advanced heart failure who require mechanical circulatory support as a treatment strategy. The book begins with an extensive description of the preoperative patient selection process as well as preoperative medical optimization, including bridge to bridge strategies with short-term devices. The book then transitions into a description of a variety of surgical implantation techniques with special considerations for reoperative surgery. A chapter on intraoperative anesthesia management is specifically focused on intraoperative issues relating to MCS patients. Subsequent chapters focus on perioperative management as well as long-term management of patients on MCS, including optimization of a patient’s LVAD speed. A dedicated chapter on the diagnosis of device thrombosis as well as surgical techniques and outcomes associated with device exchanges is also included. The book also summarizes the national and international outcomes data for using MCS as a bridge to transplant and destination therapy. There is also a chapter on the utility of stem cells as an adjunct technique for inducing myocardial recovery. Finally, the book has chapters on complications of MCS, management of right ventricular failure, and the future of MCS.