Defibrillator-Heart Pump: An Implantable Ventricular Assist Device With Integrated Defibrillator Component-The First In Vitro Testing.

Defibrillator-Heart Pump: An Implantable Ventricular Assist Device With Integrated Defibrillator Component-The First In Vitro Testing. Surg Innov. 2019 Jul 27;:1553350619862994 Authors: Aboud A, Liebing K, Abraham C, Reil JC, Turkistani Y, Eitz T, Ensminger S, Gummert J, Morshuis M Abstract Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are an important therapeutic option for patients with end-stage heart failure waiting for heart transplantation or in older patients as definite therapy for heart failure. Interestingly, about 62% of patients receiving LVADs do not have an automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD) at the time of implantation, although these patients have increased risk of being confronted with dangerous arrhythmia. Therefore, an LVAD system including AICD function is a reasonable alternative for such heart failure patients thereby avoiding a second surgical intervention for AICD implantation. In this article, a newly developed system including LVAD and AICD function is introduced, and we also report its first in vitro testing. PMID: 31354072 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Surgical Innovation - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Surg Innov Source Type: research