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HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device Cannula Position and Hemocompatibility-Related Adverse Events.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:HeartWare ventricular assist device (HVAD) cannula position is associated with hemodynamics and heart failure readmissions. However, its impact on hemocompatibility-related adverse events (HRAEs) remains uncertain. METHODS:HVAD patients were followed for 1 year after index hospitalization, when cannula coronal angle was quantified from chest x-ray film. Invasive right heart catheterization and transthoracic echocardiography were performed. One-year occurrences of each HRAE were compared between those with and without a cannula coronal angle of greater than 65 degrees. RESULTS:Among 63 HVAD patients (median age 60 years, 63% male), 10 (16%) had a cannula coronal angle greater than 65 degrees. The wide-angle group had elevated intracardiac pressures and lower pulmonary artery pulsatility index (P < .05). They also had reduced right ventricular function by echocardiography. Freedom from HRAEs tended to be lower in the wide-angle group (24% vs 62%; P = .11). The rate of gastrointestinal bleeding was significantly higher in the greater than 65 degrees group (0.90 events/year vs 0.40 events/year; P = .013). The rates of stroke and pump thrombosis were statistically comparable irrespective of cannula angle (P > .05). CONCLUSIONS:HVAD cannula coronal angle was associated with reduced right ventricular function and HRAEs. Prospective studies evaluating surgical techniques to ensure optimal device positioning and its effects on HRAEs are warranted.

SUBMITTER: Imamura T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7416438 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device Cannula Position and Hemocompatibility-Related Adverse Events.

Imamura Teruhiko T Narang Nikhil N Nitta Daisuke D Fujino Takeo T Nguyen Ann A Chung Ben B Holzhauser Luise L Kim Gene G Raikhelkar Jayant J Kalantari Sara S Smith Bryan B Juricek Colleen C Rodgers Daniel D Ota Takeyoshi T Song Tae T Jeevanandam Valluvan V Sayer Gabriel G Uriel Nir N

The Annals of thoracic surgery 20200205 3

<h4>Background</h4>HeartWare ventricular assist device (HVAD) cannula position is associated with hemodynamics and heart failure readmissions. However, its impact on hemocompatibility-related adverse events (HRAEs) remains uncertain.<h4>Methods</h4>HVAD patients were followed for 1 year after index hospitalization, when cannula coronal angle was quantified from chest x-ray film. Invasive right heart catheterization and transthoracic echocardiography were performed. One-year occurrences of each H ...[more]

PMID: 32035046

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Project description:AimsLeft ventricular assist device therapy has become the cornerstone in the treatment of end-stage heart failure and is increasingly used as destination therapy next to bridge to transplant or recovery. HeartMate 3 (HM3) and HeartWare (HVAD) are centrifugal continuous flow devices implanted intrapericardially and most commonly used worldwide. No randomized controlled trials have been performed yet. Analysis based on large registries may be considered as the best alternative but has the disadvantage of different standard of care between centres and missing data. Bias is introduced, because the decision which device to use was not random, even more so because many centres use only one type of left ventricular assist device. Therefore, we performed a propensity score (PS)-based analysis of long-term clinical outcome of patients that received HM3 or HVAD in a single centre.Methods and resultsBetween December 2010 and December 2019, 100 patients received HVAD and 81 patients HM3 as primary implantation at the University Medical Centre Utrecht. We performed PS matching with an extensive set of covariates, resulting in 112 matched patients with a median follow-up of 28 months. After PS matching, survival was not significantly different (P = 0.21) but was better for HM3. The cumulative incidences for haemorrhagic stroke (P = 0.01) and pump thrombosis (P = 0.02) were significantly higher for HVAD patients. The cumulative incidences for major bleeding, ischaemic stroke, right heart failure, and driveline infection were not different between the groups. We found no interaction between the surgeon who performed the implantation and survival (P = 0.59, P = 0.78, and P = 0.89). Sensitivity analysis was performed, by PS matching without patients on preoperative temporary support resulting in 74 matched patients. This also resulted in a non-significant difference in survival (P = 0.07). The PS-adjusted Cox regression showed a worse but non-significant (P = 0.10) survival for HVAD patients with hazard ratio 1.71 (95% confidence interval 0.91-3.24).ConclusionsSurvival was not significantly different between both groups after PS matching, but was better for HM3, with a significantly lower incidence of haemorrhagic stroke and pump thrombosis for HM3. These results need to be interpreted carefully, because matching may have introduced greater imbalance on unmeasured covariates. A multicentre approach of carefully selected centres is recommended to enlarge the number of matched patients.

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HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device Cannula Position and Hemocompatibility-Related Adverse Events.

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HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device Cannula Position and Hemocompatibility-Related Adverse Events.

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