Echocardiography in evaluating effect of left ventricular assist devices on perioperative right ventricular function / 中国医学影像技术

ABSTRACT

End-stage heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome in various heart diseases developed to end-stage with high morbidity and mortality. Heart transplantation is deemed as the only valid method for sufferers with end-stage HF, but implantation of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) has become an important treatment for HF patients at the end-stage for the critical shortage of cardiac donors. Right ventricular failure frequently occurred after LVAD implantation. Early identifying right ventricular failure after LVAD implanted has been an important clinical problem. The research progresses of echocardiography for evaluation on right ventricular function perioperative LVAD implantation were reviewed in this article.