Question

A client awaiting a heart transplant is experiencing decompensation of the left ventricle that will not respond to medications. The health care provider (HCP) suggests placing the client on a ventricular assist device (VAD). The client asks what this equipment will do. Which response most accurately describes the purpose of a VAD

Answer 1

Answer:

"This device will decrease the workload of the myocardium while maintaining cardiac output and systemic arterial pressure."

Explanation:

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