Cardiac Transplantation After HeartMate 3 Implantation Inclusive Implantation Tips: Step by Step

Heart transplantation is still the primary surgical treatment for end-stage heart failure. Due to limited donor heart availability, alternative and improved strategies are required. The tremendous developments in the field of active left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have resulted in increased usage of LVADs as a bridge to transplant strategy and pose a technical challenge for LVAD preparation and removal during heart transplantation. The HeartMate 3 is the latest generation of fully magnetically levitated centrifugal left ventricular assist device and can be completely intrapericardially implanted in many different configurations.
Source: Operative Techniques in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: Transplant Source Type: research