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Mechanical circulatory assist devices: a primer for critical care and emergency physicians [1]

Submitted by rarora [2] on Tue, 2016-07-05 12:13

With the rapid expansion of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in various contexts (CVICU, in-hospital cardiac arrest (E-CPR) and the ED), the authors have provided a very nice overview of the general principles of MCS options and management to assist the broader healthcare team involved with these complex patients.

Source name: 
Critical Care
Resource link: 
http://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-016-1328-z [3]
Taxonomy: 
Mechanical Circulatory Assistance [4]
ECMO [5]
VAD [6]
Subspecialty(ies): 
Cardiac [7]
Critical Care [8]
Author(s): 
Ayan Sen, Joel S. Larson, Kianoush B. Kashani, Stacy L. Libricz, Bhavesh M. Patel, Pramod K. Guru, Cory M. Alwardt, Octavio Pajaro and J. Christopher Farmer
Taxonomy2018 vocabulary term reference: 
Mechanical circulatory assistance [9]
Source URL:https://www.ctsnet.org/jans/mechanical-circulatory-assist-devices-primer-critical-care-and-emergency-physicians

Links
[1] https://www.ctsnet.org/jans/mechanical-circulatory-assist-devices-primer-critical-care-and-emergency-physicians [2] https://www.ctsnet.org/home/rarora [3] http://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-016-1328-z [4] https://www.ctsnet.org/taxonomy/mechanical-circulatory-assistance [5] https://www.ctsnet.org/taxonomy/ecmo-0 [6] https://www.ctsnet.org/taxonomy/vad [7] https://www.ctsnet.org/categories/cardiac [8] https://www.ctsnet.org/subspecialtyies/critical-care [9] https://www.ctsnet.org/taxonomy2018/mechanical-circulatory-assistance