Mechanical Circulatory Support — Ambulatory and Community Patient Care
Publication Date: May 30, 2017
Key Points
Key Points
- Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) offers a surgical option for advanced heart failure when optimal medical therapy is inadequate.
- MCS therapy improves prognosis, functional status, and quality of life.
- Ambulatory patients with MCS can span the entire age spectrum from pediatrics to geriatrics.
- Because patients with MCS are becoming increasingly mobile, basic knowledge of equipment is necessary for personnel in public areas such as schools, public transportation, and airplanes/airports.
Diagnosis
...Diagnosis...
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...able 1. Recommended Diagnostics for Assess...
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...of VAD AlarmsHaving trouble viewing table? E...
...valuationDevice parameters such as p...
...ble 4. Normal ParametersHaving troub...
...le 5. Indications and Contraindications...
Treatment
...Trea...
...Medical Management The percutaneous lead...
...e 6. Equipment to Be Transported With Pati...
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...g and End of Life If psychiatric disability is...