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ArticleThe Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation2024

Ambulatory 7-day mechanical circulatory support in sheep model of pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure.

Rei Ukita, Yatrik J Patel, W Kelly Wu, Sean A Francois, Michael Cortelli, Carl A Johnson, Nancy Cardwell, Jennifer R Talackine, John W Stokes, William Grogan and 10 more

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Article in The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Large animal models of right heart failure due to pulmonary hypertension: a bridge to translational success.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  2. Progress towards permanent respiratory support.Current opinion in organ transplantation · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Rei UkitaVanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nashville, TN, USA.
Yatrik J PatelVanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nashville, TN, USA.
W Kelly WuVanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nashville, TN, USA.
Sean A FrancoisVanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nashville, TN, USA.
Michael CortelliVanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nashville, TN, USA.
Carl A JohnsonVanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nashville, TN, USA.
Nancy CardwellVanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nashville, TN, USA.
Jennifer R TalackineVanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nashville, TN, USA.
John W StokesVanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nashville, TN, USA.
William GroganAuburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.
Meredith MentzVanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nashville, TN, USA.
Kaitlyn M TracyVanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nashville, TN, USA.
Timothy R HarrisVanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nashville, TN, USA.
William TuckerVanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nashville, TN, USA.
Elizabeth SimondsVanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Caitlin T DemarestVanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nashville, TN, USA.
Keith E CookCarnegie Mellon University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
David J SkoogAdvanced Respiratory Technologies Inc, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Erika B RosenzweigColumbia University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, New York NY, USA.
Matthew BacchettaVanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: matthew.bacchetta@vumc.org.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · USVanderbilt University · USAuburn University · USCarnegie Mellon University · USColumbia University Irving Medical Center · US

Funding

Surgical Oncology Training GrantT32CA106183 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI James Richard Goldenring · 2004 to 2026
$6.0M
The Road to Destination Therapy: Optimizing Long-Term Mechanical Cardiopulmonary Support for Pulmonary HypertensionR01HL140231 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BACCHETTA, MATTHEW DOMINIC · 2018 to 2021
$2.7M
Multidisciplinary Research Training in Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular DiseaseT32HL160508 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Steven Herbert Abman, Eric Douglas Austin · 2022 to 2026
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA106183NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL140231NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL160508
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRight heart failure is the major cause of death in pulmonary hypertension. Lung transplantation is the only long-term treatment option for patients who fail medical therapy. Due to the scarcity of donor lungs, there is a critical need to develop durable mechanical support for the failing right heart. A major design goal for durable support is to reduce the size and complexity of devices to facilitate ambulation. Toward this end, we sought to deploy wearable mechanical support technology in a sheep disease model of chronic right heart failure.

methodsIn 6 sheep with chronic right heart failure, a mechanical support system consisting of an extracorporeal blood pump coupled with a gas exchange unit was attached in a right atrium-to-left atrium configuration for up to 7 days. Circuit performance, hematologic parameters, and animal hemodynamics were analyzed.

resultsSix subjects underwent the chronic disease model for 56 to 71 days. Three of the subjects survived to the 7-day end-point for circulatory support. The circuit provided 2.8 (0.5) liter/min of flow compared to the native pulmonary blood flow of 3.5 (1.1) liter/min. The animals maintained physiologically balanced blood gas profile with a sweep flow of 1.2 (1.0) liter/min. Two animals freely ambulated while wearing the circuit.

conclusionsOur novel mechanical support system provided physiologic support for a large animal model of pulmonary hypertension with right heart failure. The small footprint of the circuit and the low sweep requirement demonstrate the feasibility of this technology to enable mobile ambulatory applications.

Indexed as

Extracorporeal Membrane OxygenationHeart-Assist DevicesHeart FailureHypertension, PulmonaryAnimalsHeart AtriaHemodynamicsHumansSheepambulationextracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)mechanical circulatory supportpulmonary hypertensionright heart failuresheepventricular assist device (VAD)

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PMID37907183
PMCPMC10842834
OpenAlexW4388011748

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