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
...iagnosis
...ation The primary MCS team should be contacte...
...ble 1. Recommended Diagnostics for Assessme...
...able 2. Stroke in Patients With a...
...s of VAD AlarmsHaving trouble viewing table?...
...ation Device parameters such as power, spe...
...ormal ParametersHaving trouble viewing table? Exp...
...le 5. Indications and Contraindications to...
Treatment
Treatme...
...Management The percutaneous lead...
...ment to Be Transported With PatientHaving...
...-Being and End of Life If psychiat...