More continuous flow, better learning? The effect of aortic valve opening in patients with left ventricular assist device.

Mehmet KarahanSinan Sabit KocabeyogluUmit KervanDogan Emre SertEmel Erdogan BakarEmre AygunMuharrem TolaBurcu DemirkanSemra MunganZeki CatavMustafa Pac

Published in: The International journal of artificial organs (2020)

With continuous-flow LVAD, neurocognitive functions were not impaired. The learning performance was better in cases where there was no AVO and flow was completely device dependent. We may speculate that neurocognitive functions are not worsening with continuous cerebral blood flow and even it may improve learning performance.

Keyphrases

aortic valve
left ventricular assist device
cerebral blood flow
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
aortic valve replacement
aortic stenosis
bipolar disorder
heart failure
ejection fraction