Does CircuLite Synergy assist device as partial ventricular support have a place in modern management of advanced heart failure?

作者：Mohite Prashant N; Sabashnikov Anton; Simon Andre Ruediger; Weymann Alexander; Patil Nikhil Prakash; Unsoeld Bernhard; Bireta Christian; Popov Aron Frederik^*

来源：Expert Review of Medical Devices, 2015, 12(1): 49-60.

DOI：10.1586/17434440.2015.985208

• circulate
• LVAD
• partial support device
• synergy

The discrepancy between the number of patients on the waiting list and available donor hearts has led to the successful development of left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) as a bridge to transplantation. The conventional LVADs are designed to provide full hemodynamic support for the end-stage failing heart. However, full-support LVAD implantation requires major surgery, sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass in majority of cases. The Synergy Micro-pump is the smallest implantable LVAD and provides partial flow support up to 3 l/min. It was shown that early intervention with this device can provide substantial benefits to patients with severe heart failure not yet sick enough for a full-support LVAD. Due the small dimensions it can be implanted without cardiopulmonary bypass or a sternotomy. The purpose of this article is to review the clinical use of the Synergy Micro-pump as partial hemodynamic support.

• 出版日期2015-1