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Antonopoulos M, Bonios MJ, Dimopoulos S, Leontiadis E, Gouziouta A, Kogerakis N, Koliopoulou A, Elaiopoulos D, Vlahodimitris I, Chronaki M, Chamogeorgakis T, Drakos SG, Adamopoulos S. Advanced Heart Failure: Therapeutic Options and Challenges in the Evolving Field of Left Ventricular Assist Devices. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2024; 11:61. [PMID: 38392275 PMCID: PMC10888700 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd11020061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2024] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Heart Failure is a chronic and progressively deteriorating syndrome that has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. Improved outcomes have been achieved with novel drugs and devices. However, the number of patients refractory to conventional medical therapy is growing. These advanced heart failure patients suffer from severe symptoms and frequent hospitalizations and have a dismal prognosis, with a significant socioeconomic burden in health care systems. Patients in this group may be eligible for advanced heart failure therapies, including heart transplantation and chronic mechanical circulatory support with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). Heart transplantation remains the treatment of choice for eligible candidates, but the number of transplants worldwide has reached a plateau and is limited by the shortage of donor organs and prolonged wait times. Therefore, LVADs have emerged as an effective and durable form of therapy, and they are currently being used as a bridge to heart transplant, destination lifetime therapy, and cardiac recovery in selected patients. Although this field is evolving rapidly, LVADs are not free of complications, making appropriate patient selection and management by experienced centers imperative for successful therapy. Here, we review current LVAD technology, indications for durable MCS therapy, and strategies for timely referral to advanced heart failure centers before irreversible end-organ abnormalities.
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- Michael Antonopoulos
- Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Units, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 17674 Athens, Greece
- Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 17674 Athens, Greece
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- Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Units, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 17674 Athens, Greece
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 17674 Athens, Greece
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- Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Units, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 17674 Athens, Greece
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- Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Units, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 17674 Athens, Greece
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- Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Units, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 17674 Athens, Greece
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- Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Units, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 17674 Athens, Greece
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 17674 Athens, Greece
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- Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Units, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 17674 Athens, Greece
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- Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 17674 Athens, Greece
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- Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Units, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 17674 Athens, Greece
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Units, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 17674 Athens, Greece
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Oikonomou E, Tsioufis C, Tousoulis D. Angiotensin receptor-neprilisyn inhibitors: Are their beneficial effects mediated through diastolic or systolic function improvement? Hellenic J Cardiol 2021; 61:419-420. [PMID: 33631345 DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2021.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Evangelos Oikonomou
- First Department of Cardiology, 'Hippokration' General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece; Third Department of Cardiology, Thoracic Diseases General Hospital Sotiria, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece.
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- Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Cardiology, 'Hippokration' General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Tousoulis D. Heart failure: From novel pharmaceutical therapies to circulation support systems. Hellenic J Cardiol 2021; 61:359-361. [PMID: 33617963 DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2021.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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- Dimitris Tousoulis
- 1st Cardiology Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens University Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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Tousoulis D. Heart failure: From novel pharmaceutical therapies to circulation support systems. Hellenic J Cardiol 2021; 62:452-454. [PMID: 33577984 DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2021.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Dimitris Tousoulis
- 1st Cardiology Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens University Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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Tousoulis D. CHA 2DS 2-VASc score the appropriate tool to evaluate thrombotic or bleeding complications? What next? Hellenic J Cardiol 2020; 61:297-298. [PMID: 33339544 DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2020.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Dimitris Tousoulis
- 1(st) Cardiology Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens University Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens Greece.
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Tousoulis D. Infective endocarditis: Time for new diagnostic criteria and management strategies? Hellenic J Cardiol 2020; 61:231-232. [PMID: 33039575 DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2020.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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- Dimitris Tousoulis
- 1(st) Cardiology Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens University Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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Lack of macroscopically evident cardiac regeneration or spontaneous functional recovery in infarcted neonatal pigs. Hellenic J Cardiol 2020; 61:219-221. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2019.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 08/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Tousoulis D. Prolong antiplatelet therapy. Where we stand? Hellenic J Cardiol 2020; 60:269-270. [PMID: 32014559 DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2020.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Dimitris Tousoulis
- 1(st) Cardiology Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens University Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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