Right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist devices

Left Ventricular Assist Devices.

Right ventricular hypertrabeculation due to right heart failure after left ventricular assist device implantation.

DESCRIPTION Hypertrabeculation/non-compaction of ventricular myocardium (HVM/NVM) is a cardiomyopathy thought to be caused by arrest of normal embryogenesis of the endocardium and myocardium between the fetal 5th and 8th weeks, resulting in persistence of multiple prominent ventricular trabeculations with deep intertrabecular recesses. The myocardium of the left ventricle is most often affected...

Risk factors predictive of right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist device implantation.

Right ventricular failure (RVF) after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation appears to be associated with increased mortality. However, the determination of which patients are at greater risk of developing postoperative RVF remains controversial and relatively unknown. We sought to determine the preoperative risk factors for the development of RVF after LVAD implantation. The data ...

Right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist device insertion: preoperative risk factors.

Right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist device placement is the major concern on weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass and it is one of the most serious complications in the postoperative period. This complication has a poor prognosis and is generally unpredictable. The identification of pre-operative risk factor for this serious complication is incomplete yet. In order to determi...

Right ventricular failure after implantation of a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device: early haemodynamic predictors.

OBJECTIVES Right ventricular failure (RVF) is a significant complication after implantation of a left ventricular assist device. We aimed to identify haemodynamic changes in the early postoperative phase that predicted subsequent development of RVF in a cohort of HeartMate II (HMII) implanted patients. METHODS This was a single-centre observational study of consecutive placement of HMII devic...