Current indications for insertion of rotary pumps revisited

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death as well as morbidity in the world. While there has been continued progress in reducing the mortality of most forms of CVD, the prevalence, as well as mortality and morbidity from heart failure, continues to increase, making it a major health care problem world wide. This increase in prevalence is in part due to the correlation of increasing CVD with advancing age, but also to improved diagnostics and earlier detection as well as improved interventions for acute MI and medical management. Despite these advances, an increasing number of patients become unresponsive to therapy and progress to the advanced stage, which has a mortality as high as 70–80% at one year.