In this episode of Critical Matters, we explore the role of the intensivist in the management of patients with ventricular assist devices. Our guest is Dr. John Greenwood, a practicing intensivist who splits his clinical time between the Cardiac & Vascular ICU and the ED-ICU at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Additional Resources

• Summary of information presented during the episode kindly provided by Dr. John Greenwood: https://bit.ly/2MJdfSa 


• HeartWare Waveforms App for iPad: https://apple.co/2NpyQEr

Articles Mentioned In This Episode

• Pratt AK, Shah NS, Boyce SW. Left ventricular assist device management in the ICU. Crit Care Med. 2014;42(1):158-68: https://bit.ly/2MKr3M6 


• Sen A, Larson JS, Kashani KB, et al. Mechanical circulatory assist devices: a primer for critical care and emergency physicians. Crit Care. 2016;20(1):153: https://bit.ly/2NoreC4