Novel treatment options for chronic heart failure: a radiologist's perspective.
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Abstract
This article aims to familiarize radiologists with novel treatment options for chronic heart failure that is unresponsive to medical therapy, such as mechanical cardiac assist devices, surgical procedures, resynchronization therapy with biventricular pacing, and cellular cardiomyoplasty, and their radiographic appearances. Heart transplantation as a treatment of debilitating heart failure provides an opportunity for meaningful long-term survival but is limited by a shortage of donor hearts. This has spurred the development of new treatment options for chronic heart failure that is unresponsive to medical therapy.
Medical subject headings
- Heart Failure
- Heart, Artificial
- Heart-Assist Devices
- Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping