Biventricular Support With Intracorporeal, Continuous Flow, Centrifugal Ventricular Assist Devices Francisco A. Arabía, MD, MBA, Carmelo A. Milano, MD, Claudius Mahr, DO, Edwin C. McGee, MD, Nahush A. Mokadam, MD, J. Eduardo Rame, MD, Jaime D. Moriguchi, MD, Danny Ramzy, MD, PhD, David C. Naftel, PhD, Susan L. Myers, BBA QMIS, James K. Kirklin, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 105, Issue 2, Pages 548-555 (February 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.019 Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Left ventricle apical and right atrium cannulation. (B) Left ventricle apical and right ventricle cannulation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 105, 548-555DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.019) Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Survival of biventricular assist device (BI-VAD) versus centrifugal continuous flow (CCF) left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patients (blue line [n = 38; deaths, n = 10]) and CCF temporary right ventricular assist device (RVAD) patients (red line [n = 72; deaths, n = 24]). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 105, 548-555DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.019) Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Competing outcomes at 6 months. (A) Centrifugal continuous flow (CCF) biventricular assist device (BiVAD): alive on original device (red line), 46%; transplanted, 25% (green line); dead, 30% (blue line), explant for recovery, 0%. (B) CCF left ventricular assist device (LVAD) plus temporary right ventricular assist device (RVAD): alive on original device, 43% (red line); transplanted, 29% (green line); dead, 28% (blue line), explant for recovery, 0%. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 105, 548-555DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.019) Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Survival by right ventricle versus right atrium cannulation. Right ventricle assist device (RVAD) cannula inflow right atrium (blue line [n = 13; deaths, n = 2]); RVAD cannula inflow right ventricle (red line [n = 19; deaths, n = 8]). CCF = centrifugal continuous flow; LVAD = left ventricular assist device. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 105, 548-555DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.019) Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions