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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 81, 718-726, Copyright © 1981 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Development and evaluation of electrically actuated abdominal left ventricular assist systems for long-term use

JM Fuqua Jr, SR Igo, CW Hibbs, VL Poirier, JA Chambers, WC Clay, MG McGee, SA Turner and JC Norman

A long-term, totally implantable, electrically actuated, abdominally positioned left ventricular assist system (ALVAS) is being developed, characterized in vitro, and evaluated in vivo for utilization in patients with end-stage cardiac failure refractory to conventional therapeutic techniques. The first two major subsystems of the ALVAS (the pusher-plate blood pump and electrical-mechanical energy converters) have been integrated and are undergoing in vitro characterization and long-term in vivo evaluations in calves. Duration of these studies has exceeded 6 months. System performance in terms of hemodynamic effectiveness, mechanical reliability, and biocompatibility has been excellent and no untoward effects have been observed. Long- term effectiveness of the ALVAS remains to be established in continuing experiments, with a 2 year period of clinical use as an ultimate goal.




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