An International Multicenter Experience of Biventricular Support with HeartMate 3 Ventricular Assist Systems

Significant right ventricular failure accompanying left ventricular failure was treated by implantation of the fully magnetically levitated centrifugal HeartMate 3 ventricular assist device as bi-ventricular support in 14 patients in 6 medical centers worldwide. The clinical details of this first multi-center experience are described, with 9 of these patients (64%) being alive as of January 1, 2018 - 8 of them ongoing on BiVAD support for 95 - 636 (mean 266) days, 7 of them at home, and one successfully transplanted after 98 days of support.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - August 17, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Jacob Lavee, Johanna Mulzer, Thomas Krabatsch, Silvana Marasco, David McGiffin, Jens Garbade, Jan D. Schmitto, Daniel Zimpfer, Evgenij V. Potapov Tags: Innovation Source Type: research