First Implantation of a Novel Left Ventricular Assist Device: The ReliantHeart aVAD

Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Oct;104(4):e311-e313. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.04.049.

Abstract

aVAD (ReliantHeart Inc, Houston, TX) is a new, compact, axial flow left ventricular assist device with novel features including real flow measurement, remote device monitoring, and a miniaturized pump housing. The aVAD received Conformité Européenne marking in August 2016. The use of this device was performed in a 61-year-old woman with severe heart failure. Following uneventful surgery, the patient recovered and was successfully discharged from the hospital.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass / methods
  • Critical Illness
  • Echocardiography / methods
  • Equipment Design / methods*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Failure / surgery*
  • Heart-Assist Devices / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Operative Time
  • Patient Safety*
  • Radiography, Thoracic / methods
  • Risk Assessment
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome