TY - CHAP AU - Agata Bielecka-Dabrowa AU - Maciej Banach AU - Jacek Rysz AU - Gerry O’Driscoll ED - Jeffrey Shuhaiber Y1 - 2011-04-26 PY - 2011 T1 - Ventricular Assist Device – How to Obtain Optimal Benefits? N2 - The assist devices will continue adding a large number of years of life to humans globally and empower the medical society to optimize heart failure therapy. While expensive and cumbersome task, the foundation provided in this book reflects a contemporary product of original research from a multitude of different experts in the field. We hope this cumulative international effort provides the necessary tools for both the novice as well as the active practitioner aiming to change the outcome of these complex patients. BT - Ventricular Assist Devices SP - Ch. 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/15384 DO - 10.5772/15384 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -