Kevin G Soucy1, Guruprasad A Giridharan2, Young Choi2, Michael A Sobieski3, Gretel Monreal3, Allen Cheng3, Erin Schumer3, Mark S Slaughter3, Steven C Koenig4. 1. Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky; Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. 2. Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. 3. Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. 4. Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky; Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. Electronic address: steven.koenig@louisville.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Rotary blood pumps operate at a constant speed (rpm) that diminishes vascular pulsatility and variation in ventricular end-systolic and end-diastolic volumes, which may contribute to adverse events, including aortic insufficiency and gastrointestinal bleeding. In this study, pump speed modulation algorithms for generating pulsatility and variation in ventricular end-systolic and end-diastolic volumes were investigated in an ischemic heart failure (IHF) bovine model (n = 10) using a clinically implanted centrifugal-flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD). METHODS: Hemodynamic and hematologic measurements were recorded during IHF baseline, constant pumps speeds, and asynchronous (19-60 cycles/min) and synchronous (copulse and counterpulse) pump speed modulation profiles using low relative pulse speed (±25%) of 3,200 ± 800 rpm and high relative pulse speed (±38%) of 2,900 ± 1,100 rpm. End-organ perfusion, hemodynamics, and pump parameters were measured to characterize pulsatility, myocardial workload, and LVAD performance for each speed modulation profile. RESULTS: Speed modulation profiles augmented aortic pulse pressure, surplus hemodynamic energy, and end-organ perfusion (p < 0.01) compared with operation at constant speed. Left ventricular external work and myocardial oxygen consumption were significantly reduced compared with IHF baseline (p < 0.01) but at the expense of higher LVAD power consumption. CONCLUSIONS: Pump speed modulation increases pulsatility and improves cardiac function and end-organ perfusion, but the asynchronous mode provides the technologic advantage of sensorless control. Investigation of asynchronous pump speed modulation during long-term support is warranted to test the hypothesis that operating an LVAD with speed modulation will minimize adverse events in patients supported by an LVAD that may be associated with long-term operation at a constant pump speed.
BACKGROUND: Rotary blood pumps operate at a constant speed (rpm) that diminishes vascular pulsatility and variation in ventricular end-systolic and end-diastolic volumes, which may contribute to adverse events, including aortic insufficiency and gastrointestinal bleeding. In this study, pump speed modulation algorithms for generating pulsatility and variation in ventricular end-systolic and end-diastolic volumes were investigated in an ischemic heart failure (IHF) bovine model (n = 10) using a clinically implanted centrifugal-flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD). METHODS: Hemodynamic and hematologic measurements were recorded during IHF baseline, constant pumps speeds, and asynchronous (19-60 cycles/min) and synchronous (copulse and counterpulse) pump speed modulation profiles using low relative pulse speed (±25%) of 3,200 ± 800 rpm and high relative pulse speed (±38%) of 2,900 ± 1,100 rpm. End-organ perfusion, hemodynamics, and pump parameters were measured to characterize pulsatility, myocardial workload, and LVAD performance for each speed modulation profile. RESULTS: Speed modulation profiles augmented aortic pulse pressure, surplus hemodynamic energy, and end-organ perfusion (p < 0.01) compared with operation at constant speed. Left ventricular external work and myocardial oxygen consumption were significantly reduced compared with IHF baseline (p < 0.01) but at the expense of higher LVAD power consumption. CONCLUSIONS: Pump speed modulation increases pulsatility and improves cardiac function and end-organ perfusion, but the asynchronous mode provides the technologic advantage of sensorless control. Investigation of asynchronous pump speed modulation during long-term support is warranted to test the hypothesis that operating an LVAD with speed modulation will minimize adverse events in patients supported by an LVAD that may be associated with long-term operation at a constant pump speed.
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