Tips on tuning each device: technical pearls. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Although the basic technique is relatively similar among the currently available left ventricular assist devices (LVAD), there are many subtle potential technical pitfalls for each device that could result in grave adverse events. In this article, the technical perils of the principal implantation technique and LVAD-related concomitant surgical procedures as well as of the implantation technique specific to currently available implantable LVADs, including HeartMate XVE, HeartMate II, HeartWare, and DuraHeart, are described.

publication date

  • September 17, 2011

Research

keywords

  • Heart Failure
  • Heart-Assist Devices
  • Intraoperative Complications
  • Prosthesis Implantation

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 80655144938

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.ccl.2011.08.006

PubMed ID

  • 22062204

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 29

issue

  • 4