TY - CHAP AU - John Terrovitis AU - Eleni Tseliou AU - Stavros Drakos AU - John Nanas ED - Guillermo Reyes Y1 - 2011-08-29 PY - 2011 T1 - Evaluation of Cardiac Function after VAD Implantation 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. 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/23540 DO - 10.5772/23540 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-05-10 ER -