A BiVAD is a battery-operated pump that helps both your right and left ventricles move blood through your heart. Your surgeon implants a BiVAD during open-heart surgery. Why might I need a biventricular assist device?

What is a biventricular assist device? A biventricular assist device (BiVAD) is an implantable pump. It is designed to help your heart function better when both the right and left pumping chambers of your heart are failing.

2018年2月9日 · Durable BiVAD support, when initiated in a contemporaneous fashion, was associated with reduced LOS, higher rates of hospital discharge, and demonstrated a trend toward improved 1-year survival compared with staged BiVADs.

2017年11月6日 · While left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are common treatment for patients with heart failure, a sizeable portion of LVAD recipients demonstrate clinically significant postoperative right ventricular failure and potentially require a biventricular assist device (BiVAD).

2005年8月30日 · Support with BiVAD offers an acceptable rate of survival to cardiac transplantation. Furthermore, the use of a BiVAD itself does not confer an increased morbidity or mortality, and overall outcomes with this device are comparable to that of implantable LVADs if used strategically in severe congestive heart failure.

While left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are common treatment for patients with heart failure, a sizeable portion of LVAD recipients demonstrate clinically significant postoperative right ventricular failure and potentially require a biventricular assist device (BiVAD).

2011年7月8日 · While left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy alone is effective in many instances, up to 50% of LVAD recipients demonstrate clinically significant postoperative right ventricular failure and potentially need a biventricular assist device (BiVAD). In these cases, the BiVAD can effectively support both sides of the failing heart.

Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) are mechanical devices designed to assist or replace the function of a failing heart. These devices are used in patients with advanced heart failure to improve blood flow, relieve symptoms, and increase survival.

A BiVAD is a battery-operated pump that helps both your right and left ventricles move blood through your heart. Your surgeon implants a BiVAD during open-heart surgery. Why might I need a biventricular assist device? You may need a BiVAD if you are in severe heart failure.

In patients with or at high risk of developing right ventricular failure, biventricular support is recommended. Because univentricular support is associated with high survival rates, biventricular support is often undertaken as a last resort.