Open AccessEvaluation of Right Ventricular Function During Clinical Left Ventricular Assistance
Author(s) -
Robert L. Kormos,
Thomas A. Gasior,
James Antaki,
John Armitage,
Yuji Miyamoto,
Harvey S. Borovetz,
Robert L. Hardesty,
Bartley P. Griffith
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
asaio transactions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2375-0952
pISSN - 0889-7190
DOI - 10.1097/00002480-198907000-00121
Subject(s) - afterload , cardiology , ventricular function , medicine , hemodynamics , ventricular pressure
Hemodynamic and mechanical parameters of right ventricular (RV) performance were measured in eight patients undergoing left ventricular (LV) assistance as a bridge to cardiac transplantation. All patients, even those with impaired RV performance, survived support and transplantation. The reduction of LV afterload produced by the left ventricular assist system (LVAS) results in RV afterload reduction, which permits even the marginal RV to function adequately during LVAS support.