Ventricular Assist Devices in Advanced-Stage Heart Failure

1. Opportunities and Challenges for LVAD Therapy Now and in the Future
Walter P. Dembitsky, Robert M. Adamson

2. The State of Ventricular Assist Device Therapy Today
Erskine A. James, John B. O’Connell

3. Older Destination Therapy Patient Selection
Robert M. Adamson, Walter P. Dembitksy

4. The Economics of Long-Term Ventricular Assist Device Therapy for Patients with End-Stage Heart Failure
Robin R. Bostic

5. Improving Clinical Outcomes: A Targeted Approach
Mark Jay Zucker, Hassan Baydoun

6. Transplant Versus VAD: Evolving and Future Perspectives
Hiroo Takayama, Sunu Thomas, Yoshifumi Naka

7. Strategies to Assess and Minimize Right Heart Failure After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
Michihito Nonaka, Vivek Rao

8. Innovation Update
David J. Farrar, Kevin Bourque, Steven H. Reichenbach, Paul Muller, Laxmi Peri

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery