Continuous-Flow Circulatory Support: The Achilles Heel of Current-Generation Left Ventricular Assist Devices?

Affiliations

¹ From the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas (W.K.C., M.U., B.D.L.); and Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (W.K.C., M.U., M.H.D. B.D.L.).
² From the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas (W.K.C., M.U., B.D.L.); and Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (W.K.C., M.U., M.H.D. B.D.L.). BenjaminLevine@TexasHealth.org.

Editorial

William K Cornwell 3rd et al. Circ Heart Fail. 2015 Sep.

. 2015 Sep;8(5):850-2.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.115.002472.

¹ From the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas (W.K.C., M.U., B.D.L.); and Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (W.K.C., M.U., M.H.D. B.D.L.).
² From the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas (W.K.C., M.U., B.D.L.); and Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (W.K.C., M.U., M.H.D. B.D.L.). BenjaminLevine@TexasHealth.org.

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Keywords: Editorials; blood pressure; heart failure; pulsatile flow; vascular stiffness.

Comment on

Changes in Aortic Wall Structure, Composition, and Stiffness With Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Pilot Study.
Ambardekar AV, Hunter KS, Babu AN, Tuder RM, Dodson RB, Lindenfeld J. Ambardekar AV, et al. Circ Heart Fail. 2015 Sep;8(5):944-52. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.114.001955. Epub 2015 Jul 1. Circ Heart Fail. 2015. PMID: 26136459