Myocardial Recovery in Patients Receiving Contemporary Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Results From the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS) [Original Article]

Conclusions—
Myocardial recovery is a spectrum of improvement rather than a binary clinical end point. One in every 10 left ventricular assist device patients demonstrates partial or complete myocardial recovery and should be targeted for functional assessment and optimization.

Source: Circulation: Heart Failure - July 7, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Topkara, V. K., Garan, A. R., Fine, B., Godier-Furnemont, A. F., Breskin, A., Cagliostro, B., Yuzefpolskaya, M., Takeda, K., Takayama, H., Mancini, D. M., Naka, Y., Colombo, P. C. Tags: Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Transplantation Original Article Source Type: research