Novel treatment options for chronic heart failure: a radiologist's perspective.
OBJECTIVE
This article aims to familiarize radiologists with novel treatment options for chronic heart failure that is unresponsive to medical therapy, such as mechanical cardiac assist devices, surgical procedures, resynchronization therapy with biventricular pacing, and cellular cardiomyoplasty, and their radiographic appearances.


CONCLUSIONS
Heart transplantation as a treatment of debilitating heart failure provides an opportunity for meaningful long-term survival but is limited by a shortage of donor hearts. This has spurred the development of new treatment options for chronic heart failure that is unresponsive to medical therapy.
Agarwal
Prachi P
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Department of Radiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Radiology, University of Michigan Health System Cardiovascular Center, Rm. 5383, 1500 E Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5868, USA. prachia@med.umich.edu
Cascade
Philip N
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Pagani
Francis
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D004867:Equipment Design; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006354:Heart, Artificial / Q000639:trends*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / Q000639:trends*