Relevant publications to HVAD patient management

 

Waveforms/Logfiles

  1. Chorpenning K, Brown MC, Vaskoboynikov N, Reyes C, Dierlam AE, Tamez D.  HeartWare controller logs a diagnostic tool and clinical management aid for the HVAD pump.  ASAIO J. 2014;60:115-8.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24270229/   
  2. Rich JD, Burkhoff D.  HVAD Flow Waveform Morphologies: Theoretical Foundation and Implications for Clinical Practice.  ASAIO J. 2017;63:526-35.   https://journals.lww.com/asaiojournal/fulltext/2017/09000/HVAD_Flow_Waveform_Morphologies___Theoretical.4.aspx 
  3. Jorde UP, Aaronson KD, Najjar SS, et al. Identification and Management of Pump Thrombus in the HeartWare Left Ventricular Assist Device System: A Novel Approach Using Log File Analysis.  JACC Heart Fail. 2015;3:849-56. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26454842/

Patient Management (e.g., consensus doc, anticoagulation, BP management)

  1. Hayward C, Adachi I, Baudart S, et al.  Global best practices consensus: Long-term management of patients with hybrid centrifugal flow left ventricular assist device support.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022;164:1120-37.  https://www.jtcvs.org/article/S0022-5223(22)00407-X/fulltext 
  2. Macaluso GP, Pagani FD, Slaughter MS, et al.  Time in Therapeutic Range Significantly Impacts Survival and Adverse Events in Destination Therapy Patients.  ASAIO J. 2022;68:14-20. https://journals.lww.com/asaiojournal/fulltext/2022/01000/time_in_therapeutic_range_significantly_impacts.3.aspx  
  3. Milano CA, Rogers JG, Tatooles AJ, et al.  HVAD: The ENDURANCE Supplemental Trial.  JACC Heart Fail. 2018;6:792-802. https://www.jacc.org/doi/abs/10.1016/j.jchf.2018.05.012

STS Analyses (e.g., Intermacs quarterly analysis, HVAD to HeartMate 3 exchange)

  1. Song L, Slaughter MS, Hall Shelley, et al.  Intermacs quarterly report analysis to monitor longitudinal outcomes in a centrifugal flow assist device.  J Heart Lung Transplant. 2023;42:1510-4.  https://www.jhltonline.org/article/S1053-2498(23)01941-1/fulltext
  2. Cogswell R, Cantor RS, Vorovich E, et al.  HVAD to HeartMate 3 device exchange: a Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs Analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022;114:1672-8.  https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(21)01744-6/fulltext.
  3. Salerno CT, Jorde UP, Molina E, Cantor R, Pagani FD, Kirklin J.  Elective HeartWare HVAD to HeartMate 3 Pump Exchange: Risk Mitigation or Increasing Risk?  Ann Thorac Surg. 2022;113:438-440.  https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(22)01610-1/abstract [subscription required]