Trial reportArtificial organs2020
Continuous LVAD monitoring reveals high suction rates in clinically stable outpatients.
Trial report in Artificial organs, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Continuous LVAD monitoring reveals high suction rates in clinically stable outpatients.Artificial organs · 2020Trial
- Automatic Speed Modulation Based on Real-Time Cardiac Activity Monitoring for a Next-Generation LVAD.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- The impact of position changes of the inflow cannula in LVAD patients.Turk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi · 2026Article
- Management of Dialysis for Patients Receiving Mechanical Circulatory Support.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2026Review
- Non-invasive analysis of pump parameter responses to orthostatic transitions in patients with fully magnetically levitated left ventricular assist devices.European heart journal. Digital health · 2026Article
- A scenario of left ventricular assist device suction mimicking external compression.Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2025Article
- Sex-Specific Disparities in the Female Vs Male Patient Population in Left Ventricular Assist Device Use.CJC open · 2025Review
- Two Coupled Continuous-Flow Ventricular Assist Devices as a Novel BIVAD With One Driveline: Acute Animal Study Results.Artificial organs · 2025Article
- Ventricular suction detection algorithm designed for ventricular assist devices.Frontiers in medical technology · 2025Article
- Monitoring left ventricular assist device parameters to detect flow- and power-impacting complications: a proof of concept.European heart journal. Digital health · 2023Article
- Long-term assist device patients admitted to ICU: Tips and pitfalls.Journal of intensive medicine · 2023Review
- AnFrontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Validation of Intrinsic Left Ventricular Assist Device Data Tracking Algorithm for Early Recognition of Centrifugal Flow Pump Thrombosis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Comparison of device-based therapy options for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a simulation study.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- A Sensorless Modular Multiobjective Control Algorithm for Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Clinical Pilot Study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- Pump position and thrombosis in ventricular assist devices: Correlation of radiographs and CT data.The International journal of artificial organs · 2021Article
- A Flow Sensor-Based Suction-Index Control Strategy for Rotary Left Ventricular Assist Devices.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The left ventricular assist device as a patient monitoring system.Annals of cardiothoracic surgery · 2021Review
- Out of hospital management of LVAD patients during COVID-19 outbreak.Artificial organs · 2020Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
Suction of the left ventricle can lead to potentially life-threatening events in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patients. With the resolution of currently available clinical LVAD monitoring healthcare professionals are unable to evaluate patients' suction occurrences in detail. This study investigates occurrences and durations of suction events and their associations with tachycardia in stable outpatients. Continuous high-resolution LVAD data from HVAD patients were analyzed in the early outpatient period for 15 days. A validated suction detection from LVAD signals was used. Suction events were evaluated as suction rates, bursts of consecutive suction beats, and clusters of suction beats. The occurrence of tachycardia was analyzed before, during, and after suction clusters. Furthermore, blood work, implant strategy, LVAD speed setting, inflow cannula position, left ventricular diameters, and adverse events were evaluated in these patients. LVAD data of 10 patients was analyzed starting at 78 ± 22 postoperative days. Individuals' highest suction rates per hour resulted in a median of 11% (range 3%-61%). Bursts categorized as consecutive suction beats with n = 2, n = 3-5, n = 6-15, and n > 15 beats were homogenously distributed with 10.3 ± 0.8% among all suction beats. Larger suction bursts were followed by shorter suction-free periods. Tachycardia during suction occurred in 12% of all suction clusters. Significant differences in clinical parameters between individuals with high and low suction rates were only observed in left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic diameters (P < .02). Continuous high-resolution LVAD monitoring sheds light on outpatient suction occurrences. Interindividual and intraindividual characteristics of longitudinal suction rates were observed. Longer suction clusters have higher probabilities of tachycardia within the cluster and more severe types of suction waveforms. This work shows the necessity of improved LVAD monitoring and the implementation of an LVAD speed control to reduce suction rates and their concomitant burden on the cardiovascular system.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.