Catarina Sacristán, Carlos R Escobedo, Rafael Bojalil, Raúl A Izaguirre, Evelyn Cortina, Alberto Aranda, Jorge Catrip, Ma Del Carmen Lesprón, Rashidi Springall, Emilio Sacristán
OBJECTIVE: To assess the hemocompatible performance of a novel implantable pneumatic ventricular assist device (VAD, Innovamédica, México) in healthy swine. The aim of this pilot study was first, to determine if short-term VAD implantation elicited remarkable inflammatory response above that expected from surgical trauma; and second, to assess if heparinized or passivated VAD coatings, in combination with systemic anticoagulant or antiaggregant therapies, modified the VAD's hemocompatible performance...
April 2010: Archivos de Cardiología de México