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...
...valuationThe primary MCS team should be contacte...
...le 1. Recommended Diagnostics for Assess...
...oke in Patients With a VAD E...
Table 3. Causes of VAD Alarms Potentia...
Pump EvaluationDevice parameters such as power,...
...le 4. Normal Parameters...
.... Indications and Contraindications to Durable Mec...
Treatment
...Treatment...
...ronic Medical Management The percutaneou...
...le 6. Equipment to Be Transported With Pat...
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