title: Heart failure while on ventricular assist device support: a true clinical entity?
abstract: Ventricular assist devices (VADs) have become an established therapeutic option for patients with end-stage heart failure. The appearance of heart failure in VAD patients seems unexpected. Nevertheless, this phenomenon is not rare. We report six cases of VAD patients with clinical presentation of heart failure at different times after implantation and describe the mechanisms involved. The aetiology of this heart failure, like its clinical presentation, varies and has yet to be identified.
authors: Heart & Diabetes Centre, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. nadia.aissaoui@egp.aphp.fr
authors: Nadia
authors: N
authors: Aissaoui
authors: Michiel
authors: M
authors: Morshuis
authors: Benoit
authors: B
authors: Diebold
authors: Emmanuel
authors: E
authors: Guerot
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Gummert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right; D055815:Young Adult