Mechanical Circulatory Support for Biventricular Heart Failure Using Advanced Ventricular Assist Device

In patients with severe biventricular heart failure (HF) and cardiogenic shock, use of biventricular assist device (BVAD) can be a treatment of choice. We are developing an advanced ventricular assist device (AVAD) intended to serve as universal pump for left and/or right heart failure (Fig.1 A,B). The purpose of this initial in silico simulation study was to demonstrate that AVAD design can be suitable for biventricular support.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2020 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: J.H. Karimov, D. Horvath, D. Horvath, Y. Kado, T. Miyamoto, B. Kuban, K. Fukamachi Tags: (1046) Source Type: research