Utility of CardioMEMS HF System Data in Management of Patients Supported with Durable Left Ventricular Assist Devices (INTELLECT 3-HF Study)

Purpose: Among patients with HFrEF supported with HM3 LVADs, exercise tolerance and hemodynamics have been demonstrated to be limited. We sought to investigate if echocardiographic and CardioMEMS HF - directed LVAD speed changes would improve exercise tolerance during cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Our study complements prior studies looking at means to optimize exercise tolerance (including the INTELLECT 2-HF).
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Source Type: research