Sara Knigge, Günes Dogan, Ezin Deniz, Youseph Ismail, Jörg Optenhöfel, Liam Schana, Ali S Merzah, Jasmin S Hanke, Issam Ismail, Oren Malchin, Marcelo Bastos, Aron F Popov, Alexander Weymann, Arjang Ruhparwar, Bastian Schmack, Jan D Schmitto
Severe right heart failure, often overlooked and challenging to manage, has prompted a growing interest in innovative approaches to provide functional support. This study uses experimentation in large porcine models to introduce a novel prototype of a pulsatile mechanical circulatory support device and document its effects when deployed as a right ventricular assist device (RVAD). The pulsatile ventricular assist platform (pVAP), featuring a membrane pump driven by an intra-aortic balloon pump console, actively generates pulsatile flow to propel right ventricular blood into the pulmonary artery...
April 4, 2024: ASAIO Journal: a Peer-reviewed Journal of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs