title: Mechanical circulatory support in the new era: an overview.
abstract: This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency medicine 2016. Other selected articles can be found online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2016. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/8901.
authors.affiliation: The University of Queensland, School of Medicine, 4072, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. kiran.shekar@health.qld.gov.au.|The Prince Charles Hospital, Innovative Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology Laboratory, Critical Care Research Group, 4032, Chermside, Queensland, Australia. kiran.shekar@health.qld.gov.au.
authors.forename: Kiran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shekar
authors.affiliation: The University of Queensland, School of Medicine, 4072, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.|The Prince Charles Hospital, Innovative Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology Laboratory, Critical Care Research Group, 4032, Chermside, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Shaun D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Gregory
authors.affiliation: The University of Queensland, School of Medicine, 4072, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.|The Prince Charles Hospital, Innovative Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology Laboratory, Critical Care Research Group, 4032, Chermside, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Fraser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012769:Shock / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control