Left Ventricular Assist Devices
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Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) are implanted cardiac devices used for hemodynamic support in patients with severe heart failure. This OnePager explains the function & physiology of LVADs as well as the settings and potential complications. (spoiler: this is one time when it’s normal to not have a pulse!)
Current version 1.0 (originally posted 2022-07-01).
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Mechanical circulatory assist devices: a primer for critical care and emergency physicians, Critical Care 2016
Use of a Continuous-Flow Device in Patients Awaiting Heart Transplantation, NEJM 2007
Advanced Heart Failure Treated with Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device, NEJM 2009
REMATCH: Long-Term Use of a Left Ventricular Assist Device for End-Stage Heart Failure, NEJM 2001
Intrapericardial Left Ventricular Assist Device for Advanced Heart Failure, NEJM 2017
Left ventricular assist devices as a bridge to cardiac transplantation, Journal of Thoracic Disease 2014
MOMENTUM-3: A Fully Magnetically Levitated Left Ventricular Assist Device — Final Report, NEJM 2019
Reverse Remodeling with Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Review of Clinical, Cellular, and Molecular Effects, Circulation Heart Failure 2011
Preload Sensitivity in Cardiac Assist Devices, Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013
Afterload Sensitivity of Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Abolition of FrankStarling Forces Under Strain, Circulation Heart Failure 2020
Living Without a Pulse: The Vascular Implications of Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices, Circulation Heart Failure 2018
Identification and Management of Pump Thrombus in the HeartWare Left Ventricular Assist Device System: A Novel Approach Using Log File Analysis, JACC Heart Failure 2015
Epidemiology of infection in mechanical circulatory support: A global analysis from the ISHLT Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support Registry, Journal of Heart Lung Transplant 2018
Left Ventricular Assist Device Malfunctions: It Is More Than Just the Pump, Circulation 2017
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Adults and Children With Mechanical Circulatory Support: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association, Circulation 2017
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Current version 1.0
originally posted 2022-07-01
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