Importance of Preserved Tricuspid Valve Function for Effective Soft Robotic Augmentation of the Right Ventricle in Cases of Elevated Pulmonary Artery Pressure.

Journal: Cardiovascular engineering and technology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: In clinical practice, many patients with right heart failure (RHF) have elevated pulmonary artery pressures and increased afterload on the right ventricle (RV). In this study, we evaluated the feasibility of RV augmentation using a soft robotic right ventricular assist device (SRVAD), in cases of increased RV afterload.

Authors

  • Isaac Wamala
    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Christopher J Payne
  • Mossab Y Saeed
    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
  • Daniel Bautista-Salinas
    3 Boston Children's Hospital , Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • David Van Story
    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
  • Thomas Thalhofer
    1 John A. Paulson Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University , Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • Steven J Staffa
    Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, USA.
  • Sunil J Ghelani
    Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Pedro J Del Nido
    Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Conor J Walsh
    John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA. walsh@seas.harvard.edu.
  • Nikolay V Vasilyev
    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.