TY - CHAP AU - Tomoko S. Kato AU - Kazuo Komamura AU - Ikutaro Nakajima AU - Ayako Takahashi AU - Noboru Oda AU - Masafumi Kitakaze ED - Guillermo Reyes Y1 - 2011-08-29 PY - 2011 T1 - Risk Factor Analysis and Management of Cerebrovascular Accidents in Japanese Patients Supported by Left Ventricular Assist Device 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. 6 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/21195 DO - 10.5772/21195 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-20 ER -