How to Do Echocardiography in Heart Failure Patients with Long-term Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Consensus Statement of the Italian Society of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Imaging
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: 1. LVADs have emerged as destination therapy for advanced heart failure, however, these are still limited by many potential complications after implant, such as right heart failure, aortic regurgitation, thrombosis, infections 2. A seriate and accurate echocardiographic evaluation is needed in LVAD carriers but may sometimes be challenging, due to artifacts or poor acoustic windows due to the device 3. Left ventricular unloading is the main feature to consider to evaluate and adjust device function and requires many echocardiographic parameters to be assessed 4. Ramp test during echocardiography may be of additional value to optimize device speed and to early identify pump dysfunction.
Institutions: University of Siena, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San Raffaele, University of Messina, University of Trieste, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Harefield Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Biomedical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4412779422