Operating in the Dark: When Is Surgery Necessary for Left Ventricular Assist Device Hemolysis?

Circ Heart Fail. 2016 May;9(5):e003141. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.116.003141.

Authors

Michael S Kiernan¹, Jason N Katz²

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Cardiology, Tufts Cardiovascular Center, Boston, MA (M.S.K.); and Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.N.K.). mkiernan@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
² From the Division of Cardiology, Tufts Cardiovascular Center, Boston, MA (M.S.K.); and Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.N.K.).

PMID: 27166249
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.116.003141

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; assisted circulation; death; freedom; heart failure; stroke; thrombosis.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Heart Failure*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Hemolysis
Humans
Stroke*
Watchful Waiting