Often talked about, seldom seen: promoting myocardial recovery with ventricular assist device

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Oct 14;64(15):1613-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.07.965.

Authors

Hao A Tran¹, Jorge Silva Enciso¹, Eric D Adler²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California. Electronic address: eradler@ucsd.edu.

PMID: 25301466
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.07.965

No abstract available

Keywords: electron; heart failure; heart-assist devices; left ventricular function; microscopy; myocardium; ventricular function.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathies / pathology*
Female
Heart Failure / physiopathology*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Male
Myocardium / ultrastructure*
Recovery of Function / physiology*
Ventricular Function, Left / physiology*