Effects of Thoratec pulsatile ventricular assist device (PVAD) timing on the abdominal aortic wave intensity pattern

Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Amacher, R.; Weber, Alberto; Most, Henriette; Axiak Flammer, S.; Traupe, Tobias; Stoller, Michael; de Marchi, Stefano; Vandenberghe, Stijn (2014). Effects of Thoratec pulsatile ventricular assist device (PVAD) timing on the abdominal aortic wave intensity pattern. American journal of physiology - heart and circulatory physiology, 307(8), H1243-H1251. American Physiological Society 10.1152/ajpheart.00085.2014

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Arterial waves are seen as possible independent mediators of cardiovascular risks, and the wave intensity analysis (WIA) has therefore been proposed as a method for patient selection for ventricular assist device (VAD) implantation. Interpreting measured wave intensity (WI) is challenging and complexity is increased by the implantation of a VAD. The waves generated by the VAD interact with the waves generated by the native heart, and this interaction varies with changing VAD settings. Eight sheep were implanted with a pulsatile VAD (PVAD) through ventriculo-aortic cannulation. The start of PVAD ejection was synchronized to the native R-wave and delayed between 0 % - 90 % of the cardiac cycle in 10 % steps or phase shifts (PS). Pressure and velocity signals were registered, using a combined Doppler and pressure wire positioned in the abdominal aorta, and used to calculate the WI. Depending on the PS, different wave interference phenomena occurred. Maximum unloading of the left ventricle (LV) coincided with constructive interference and maximum blood flow pulsatility, and maximum loading of the LV coincided with destructive interference and minimum blood flow pulsatility. We believe, that non-invasive WIA could potentially be used clinically to assess the mechanical load of the LV, and to monitor the peripheral hemodynamics such as blood flow pulsatility and risk of intestinal bleeding.

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