title: [Left ventricular assist devices in the catheterisation laboratory].
abstract: Mechanical cardiac support represents a large spectrum of devices. The duration of assistance may vary from a few hours in the cath lab to several weeks. The goals for a temporary support by percutaneus assistance are: improve end-organ perfusion; decrease pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; decrease myocardial oxygen consumption. The potential indications are: acute left ventricular dysfunction; "bridge to recovery": acute myocarditis, acute myocardial infarction, valve disease bridge to surgery; "bridge to implantable LVAD"; "bridge to transplant"; high risk PCI and surgery.
authors.affiliation: Explorations fonctionnelles, hôpital Henri-Mondor, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil cedex, France.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boughalem
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Teiger
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001243:Assisted Circulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000628:therapy; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000628:therapy; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000628:therapy