LVAD a medio e lungo termine: sopravvivenza, capacità funzionale e qualità di vita

The technological advances that have taken place in the field of mechanical circulatory support devices have made these solutions also useful in contexts other than that of waiting for a heart transplant. Evidence relating to survival, functional capacity and quality of life have made plausible a possible application as destination therapy. We talked about it with Claudio Francesco Russo of the Cardiac Surgery Unit - De Gasperis Cardio Center of the ASST Grande Metropolitano Niguarda Hospital, Milan. Requests: 0:00 Introduction 0:16 How do patients with LVAD live? 1:14 What are the benefits of LVAD therapy in terms of survival, functional capacity and quality of life in the medium to long term? 3:14 What do you think about LVAD implantation as long-term therapy (destination therapy)?