Ventricular Assist Devices
Investigators at National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute Zero in on Ventricular Assist Devices
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, June 5th, 2011
2011 JUN 5 -- New research, "What is the ideal off-test trial for continuous-flow ventricular-assist-device explantation' Intracircuit back-flow analysis in a mock circulation model," is the subject of a report. "Bridge to recovery has become a major goal after left-ventricular-assist-device (LVAD) implantation thanks to recent development in adjunctive therapies. Precise assessment of native heart function under minimum LVAD support is the key for successful LVAD explantation," researchers in Osaka, Japan report.
"However, weaning of centrifugal LVADs normally generates diastolic intracircuit backward flow. This retrograde flow may become excessive load...
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