Defibrillator-Heart Pump: An Implantable Ventricular Assist Device With Integrated Defibrillator Component—The First In Vitro Testing. (December 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Aboud, Anas; Liebing, Kai; Abraham, Charlie; Reil, Jan-Christian; Turkistani, Yara; Eitz, Thomas; Ensminger, Stephan; Gummert, Jan; Morshuis, Michiel
• Is Part Of: Surgical innovation. Volume 26:Number 6(2019)
• Page Start: 720
• Page End: 724
• Publication Date: 2019-12
• Subjects: surgical education -- ergonomics and/or human factors study -- evidence-based medicine/surgery -- image-guided surgery; Surgery, Operative -- Periodicals; Endoscopic surgery -- Periodicals; Laparoscopic surgery -- Periodicals; Surgical Procedures, Operative -- Periodicals; Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive -- Periodicals; Diffusion of Innovation -- Periodicals; Chirurgie opératoire -- Périodiques; Chirurgie endoscopique -- Périodiques; Chirurgie laparoscopique -- Périodiques; 617.91
• DOI: 10.1177/1553350619862994
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1553-3506

Abstract

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are an important therapeutic option for patients with end-stage heart failure waiting for heart transplantation or in older patients as definite therapy for heart failure. Interestingly, about 62% of patients receiving LVADs do not have an automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD) at the time of implantation, although these patients have increased risk of being confronted with dangerous arrhythmia. Therefore, an LVAD system including AICD function is a reasonable alternative for such heart failure patients thereby avoiding a second surgical intervention for AICD implantation. In this article, a newly developed system including LVAD and AICD function is introduced, and we also report its first in vitro testing.