Cardiology
Researchers from the United States and Spain provide details of new studies and findings in the area of cardiology
Published in Heart Disease Weekly, October 22nd, 2006
Study 1: The physiologic basis for the management of ventricular assist devices is reviewed.
"Mechanical ventricular assist devices are now approved as destination therapy for terminal heart failure. It is the purpose of this review to discuss the physiology of this technology that is considered in outpatient care," researchers in the United States report.
"The currently available pulsatile devices are solely dependent of preload volume and, when placed in the automatic mode, can maintain physiologic cardiac outputs with exercise. However, because of...
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Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2006-10-22)
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