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September 10, 2025Journal of Cardiovascular Echography

How to Do Echocardiography in Heart Failure Patients with Long-term Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Consensus Statement of the Italian Society of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Imaging

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MCMatteo CameliMPMaria Concetta PastoreEAEustachio Agricola

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Overview

Consensus statement offers insights on optimizing echocardiography in heart failure patients with LVADs, indicating important evaluation parameters.

Key Points

  • Echocardiographic evaluation is crucial for patients with LVADs to monitor device performance and adjust treatment.
  • Artifacts and poor acoustic windows can hinder echocardiography effectiveness in assessing LVAD function.
  • Left ventricular unloading is essential for evaluating device function and requires various echocardiographic measurements.
  • Ramp tests during echocardiography may improve early identification of pump dysfunction and optimize LVAD speed.

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Cameli et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23e4fb210217d647921a9https://doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_63_25
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