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Published on: March 27, 2018
Cardiac Surgery in Advanced Heart Failure
Roger Hullin1, Philippe Meyer2, Patrick Yerly1
1Cardiology, Cardiovascular Department, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation are established surgical options for treatment of advanced heart failure. Since the prevalence of advanced heart failure is progressively increasing, there is a clear need to treat more patients with mechanical circulatory support and to increase the number of heart transplantations. This narrative review summarizes recent progress in surgical treatment options of advanced heart failure and proposes an algorithm for treatment of the advanced heart failure patient at >65 years of age.
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