Cardiac Surgery in Advanced Heart Failure

Roger Hullin; Philippe Meyer; Patrick Yerly; Matthias Kirsch

doi:10.3390/jcm11030773

Cardiac Surgery in Advanced Heart Failure

J Clin Med. 2022 Jan 31;11(3):773. doi: 10.3390/jcm11030773.

Authors

Roger Hullin¹, Philippe Meyer², Patrick Yerly¹, Matthias Kirsch³

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology, Cardiovascular Department, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Cardiology, Department of Medical Specialties, Geneva University Hospital, University of Geneva, Rue du Gabrielle Perret-Gentil 4, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Department, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.

Abstract

Mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation are established surgical options for treatment of advanced heart failure. Since the prevalence of advanced heart failure is progressively increasing, there is a clear need to treat more patients with mechanical circulatory support and to increase the number of heart transplantations. This narrative review summarizes recent progress in surgical treatment options of advanced heart failure and proposes an algorithm for treatment of the advanced heart failure patient at >65 years of age.

Keywords: cardiac surgery; end-stage heart failure; outcome.

Publication types

Review