TY - CHAP AU - Henryk Siniawski AU - Roland Hetzer ED - Guillermo Reyes Y1 - 2011-08-29 PY - 2011 T1 - Importance of Arterial Conduit Function Assessment in Chronic Congestive Heart Failure: Predictors of True Circulatory Decompensation for Optimal Timing of Mechanical Circulatory Support N2 - Ventricular assist device has become one of the standard therapies for the support and the management of the failing heart. Updating our knowledge about these devices is mandatory in order to improve patient outcomes. In this book we can read the efforts made by many physicians concerned with the treatment of heart failure with mechanical devices. We all hope that the information compiled by experts in ventricle assist devices in this book will help us all to do better our main task - heal patients. BT - New Aspects of Ventricular Assist Devices SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/19678 DO - 10.5772/19678 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-24 ER -