Indications and Aims
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- Bridge to transplant – to allow survival until a donor heart becomes available
- Bridge to candidacy- for patients unsuitable for transplant due to a condition that could be reversed by an LVAD. For example, to improve end organ dysfunction such as renal failure and pulmonary hypertension which if improved, would allow them to be a candidate for heart transplantation.
- Destination therapy in patients unsuitable for transplant for example, due to significant comorbidities or advanced age.
- Increase cardiac output and end organ perfusion
- Improve symptoms of heart failure and reduce hospitalisation
- To relieve congestion
- Improve survival and quality of life in end stage heart failure
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Now you know why an LVAD is implanted, can anyone have one?
No not everyoneWhat are the contraindications to LVAD therapy?
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