HeartWare HVAD Flow Estimator Accuracy for Left and Right Ventricular Support

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Stephens, Andrew F
Mapley, Martin
Wu, Eric L
Fraser, John F
Steinseifer, Ulrich
Bartnikowski, Nicole
Gregory, Shaun D
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2021
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This study investigated the accuracy of the HeartWare HVAD flow estimator for left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support and biventricular assist device (BiVAD) support for modes of reduced speed (BiVAD-RS) and banded outflow (BiVAD-B). The HVAD flow estimator was evaluated in a mock circulatory loop under changes in systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance, heart rate, central venous pressure, and simulated hematocrit (correlated to viscosity). A difference was found between mean estimated and mean measured flow for LVAD (0.1 ± 0.3 L/min), BiVAD-RS (-0.1 ± 0.2 L/min), and BiVAD-B (0 ± 0.2 L/min). Analysis of the flow waveform pulsatility showed good correlation for LVAD (r2= 0.98) with a modest spread in error (0.7 ± 0.1 L/min), while BiVAD-RS and BiVAD-B showed similar spread in error (0.7 ± 0.3 and 0.7 ± 0.2 L/min, respectively), with much lower correlation (r2= 0.85 and r2= 0.60, respectively). This study demonstrated that the mean flow error of the HVAD flow estimator is similar when the device is used in LVAD, BiVAD-RS, or BiVAD-B configuration. However, the instantaneous flow waveform should be interpreted with caution, particularly in the cases of BiVAD support.

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ASAIO journal

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67

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4

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Biomedical engineering

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Stephens, AF; Mapley, M; Wu, EL; Fraser, JF; Steinseifer, U; Bartnikowski, N; Gregory, SD, HeartWare HVAD Flow Estimator Accuracy for Left and Right Ventricular Support, ASAIO journal, 2021, 67 (4), pp. 416-422

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