title: The current state of left ventricular assist devices: challenges facing further development.
abstract: Heart failure is a clinical syndrome with significant morbidity and mortality. The use of left ventricular assist devices has improved outcomes for patients with advanced heart failure in the face of limited donor organs available for heart transplantation. This article describes current issues and limitations facing the left ventricular assist device field and explores how the field can be expanded in this setting.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery , University of Louisville , Louisville , KY 40202 , USA.
authors.forename: Erin M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Schumer
authors.affiliation: a Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery , University of Louisville , Louisville , KY 40202 , USA.
authors.forename: Mickey S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ising
authors.affiliation: a Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery , University of Louisville , Louisville , KY 40202 , USA.
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Slaughter
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans
keywords: heart failure; heart transplantation; implantation; left ventricular assist device