Percutaneous devices to support the left ventricle.
This article will summarize the current status of three percutaneous left ventricular assist devices, review technical details involving device components and device insertion, discuss the hemodynamic changes that occur with device implantation and summarize published and ongoing clinical trials evaluating these devices in patients undergoing high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention and those with cardiogenic shock.
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. shavelle@usc.edu
David M
DM
Shavelle
Leonardo
L
Clavijo
Ray V
RV
Matthews
D000818:Animals; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans