Evaluation of patients with a HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device using echocardiographic particle image velocimetry.
Arend F L SchinkelSakir AkinMihai StrachinaruRahatullah MuslemDan BowenYunus C YalcinJasper J BrugtsAlina A ConstantinescuOlivier C ManintveldKadir CaliskanPublished in: Journal of ultrasound (2020)
Echo particle velocimetry is safe and feasible for the quantitative assessment of intraventricular flow in patients with an LVAD. The intraventricular LV flow and vortex parameters are severely impaired in these patients.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular assist device
- ejection fraction
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- deep learning
- peritoneal dialysis
- pulmonary hypertension
- heart failure
- mitral valve
- patient reported outcomes
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- machine learning
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial