Using pulsatility responses to breath‐hold maneuvers to predict readmission rates in continuous‐flow left ventricular assist device patients
Rohan Joshua Krishnaswamy,
Desiree Robson,
Aaron Gunawan
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundDynamic respiratory maneuvers induce heterogenous changes to flow‐pulsatility in continuous‐flow left ventricular assist device patients. We evaluated the association of these pulsatility responses with patient hemodynamics and outcomes.MethodsResponses obtained from HVAD (Medtronic) outpatients during successive weekly clinics were categorized into three ordinal groups according to the percentage reduction in flow‐waveform pulsatility (peak‐trough flow) upon inspiratory‐breath‐hold, (%∆P): (1) minim… Show more
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