Echo-guided left ventricular assist device speed optimisation for exercise maximisation.

Maciej StaporAdam PilatAndrzej GackowskiAgnieszka MisiudaIzabela Gorkiewicz-KotMichal KaletaPawel KleczynskiKrzysztof ZmudkaJacek LegutkoBoguslaw KapelakKarol Wierzbicki

Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2022)

Transthoracic AVO imaging is possible during CPETs in patients with LVAD. Dynamic echo-guided pump speed adjustment based on the AVO improves exercise tolerance and augments peak oxygen consumption and maximum workload.

Keyphrases

left ventricular assist device
high intensity
magnetic resonance
physical activity
diffusion weighted imaging
resistance training
diffusion weighted
high resolution
contrast enhanced
photodynamic therapy