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Czermak T, Seitelberger V, Hagl C, Samson-Himmelstjerna PN, Groß S, Sadoni S, Heyn O, Kellnar A, Hartrampf B, Lemmermöhle E, Klier I, Rehms R, Hoffmann S, Estner HL, Fichtner S, Lackermair K. Survival after left ventricular assist device implantation correlates with a novel device-based measure of heart rate variability: the heart rate score. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2021; 33:309-315. [PMID: 34027967 DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivab063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The heart rate score (HRS) serves as a device-based measure of impaired heart rate variability and is an independent predictor of death in patients with heart failure and a cardiac implantable electrical device. However, no data are available for predicting death from the HRS in patients with end stage heart failure and a left ventricular assist device. METHODS From November 2011 to July 2018, a total of 56 patients with a pre-existing cardiac implantable electrical device underwent left ventricular assist device implantation at our 2 study sites. The ventricular HRS was calculated retrospectively during the first cardiac implantable electrical device follow-up examination following the index hospitalization. Survival during follow-up was correlated with initial HRS. RESULTS During the follow-up period, 46.4% of the patients (n = 26) died. The median follow-up period was 33.2 months. The median HRS after the index hospitalization was 41.1 ± 21.8%. More patients with an HRS >65% died compared to patients with an HRS <30% (76.9% vs 14.4%; P = 0.007). CONCLUSIONS In our multicentre experience, survival of patients after an left ventricular assist device implant correlates with the HRS. After confirmation of our findings in a larger cohort, the effect of rate-responsive pacing will be within the scope of further investigation.
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- Thomas Czermak
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.,Department of Cardiac Surgery, Klinikum Augustinum, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.,Department of Cardiac Surgery, Klinikum Augustinum, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.,Department of Cardiac Surgery, Klinikum Augustinum, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.,Department of Cardiac Surgery, Klinikum Augustinum, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.,Department of Cardiac Surgery, Klinikum Augustinum, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology (IBE), Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology (IBE), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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Compostella L, Russo N, Setzu T, Compostella C, Bellotto F. Exercise performance of chronic heart failure patients in the early period of support by an axial-flow left ventricular assist device as destination therapy. Artif Organs 2013; 38:366-73. [PMID: 24117945 DOI: 10.1111/aor.12172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Axial-flow left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are increasingly used as destination therapy in end-stage chronic heart failure (CHF), as they improve survival and quality of life. Their effect on exercise tolerance in the early phase after implantation is still unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of LVADs on the exercise capacity of a group of CHF patients within 2 months after initiation of circulatory support. Cardiopulmonary exercise test data were collected for 26 consecutive LVAD-implanted CHF patients within 2 months of initiation of assistance; the reference group consisted of 30 CHF patients not supported by LVAD who were evaluated after an episode of acute heart failure. Both LVAD and reference groups showed poor physical performance; LVAD patients achieved lower workload (LVAD: 36.3 ± 9.0 W, reference: 56.6 ± 18.2 W, P < 0.001) but reached a similar peak oxygen uptake (peak VO2 ; LVAD: 12.5 ± 3.0 mL/kg/min, reference: 13.6 ± 2.9 mL/kg/min, P = ns) and similar percentages of predicted peak VO2 (LVAD: 48.8 ± 13.9%, reference: 54.2 ± 15.3%, P = ns). While the values of the O2 uptake efficiency slope were 12% poorer in LVAD patients than in reference patients (1124.2 ± 226.3 vs. 1280.2 ± 391.1; P = ns), the kinetics of VO2 recovery after exercise were slightly better in LVAD patients (LVAD: 212.5 ± 62.5, reference: 261.1 ± 80.2 sec, P < 0.05). In the first 2 months after initiation of circulatory support, axial-flow LVAD patients are able to sustain a low-intensity workload; though some cardiopulmonary exercise test parameters suggest persistence of a marked physical deconditioning, their cardiorespiratory performance is similar to that of less compromised CHF patients, possibly due to positive hemodynamic effects beginning to be produced by the assist device.
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- Leonida Compostella
- Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation, Istituto Codivilla Putti, Cortina d'Ampezzo
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Simon MA, Kormos RL, Gorcsan J, Dohi K, Winowich S, Stanford E, Carozza L, Murali S. Differential Exercise Performance on Ventricular Assist Device Support. J Heart Lung Transplant 2005; 24:1506-12. [PMID: 16210122 DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.11.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2004] [Revised: 09/21/2004] [Accepted: 11/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ventricular assist devices (VADs) are approved for destination therapy because they improve survival in end-stage heart failure (HF). VADs are powered pneumatically or electrically. Pneumatic and electric left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) and biventricular assist devices (BiVADs) provide excellent hemodynamic support at rest, but differences in their effects on exercise tolerance are unclear. We sought to evaluate the effect of devices with varying operating parameters on exercise capacity. METHODS Exercise physiology data obtained during maximal exercise with on-line gas-exchange analysis were collected for 38 consecutive VAD-implanted HF patients referred for exercise testing. RESULTS Electric LVADs were implanted in 18 patients, and pneumatic LVADs in 10 patients. Percent of predicted peak exercise oxygen consumption (VO2%) was significantly greater in pneumatic LVAD patients (52.1 +/- 11.1% vs 38.2 +/- 11.3%, p < 0.05). The 10 patients implanted with a pneumatically powered LVAD were compared to 10 patients implanted with a pneumatically powered BiVAD. LVAD-supported patients had a higher VO2% (52.1 +/- 11.1% vs 36.5 +/- 17.7%, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS HF patients supported with a pneumatic LVAD appear to have better exercise tolerance than those receiving an electric LVAD. Patients on LVAD support have better exercise tolerance than BiVAD-supported patients. This highlights the importance of right ventricular function to exercise tolerance in HF patients, and may have implications for future VAD design.
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- Marc A Simon
- Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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de Jonge N, Kirkels H, Lahpor JR, Klöpping C, Hulzebos EJ, de la Rivière AB, Robles de Medina EO. Exercise performance in patients with end-stage heart failure after implantation of a left ventricular assist device and after heart transplantation: an outlook for permanent assisting? J Am Coll Cardiol 2001; 37:1794-9. [PMID: 11401113 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01268-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We sought to study exercise capacity at different points in time after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation and subsequent heart transplantation (HTx). BACKGROUND The lack of donor organs warrants alternatives for transplantation. METHODS Repeat treadmill testing with respiratory gas analysis was performed in 15 men with a LVAD. Four groups of data are presented. In group A (n = 10), the exercise capacities at 8 weeks and 12 weeks after LVAD implantation were compared. In group B (n = 15), the data at 12 weeks are presented in more detail. In group C (n = 9), sequential analysis of exercise capacity was performed at 12 weeks after LVAD implantation and at 12 weeks and one year after HTx. In group D, exercise performance one year after HTx in patients with (n = 10) and without (n = 20) a previous assist device was compared. RESULTS In group A, peak oxygen consumption (Vo2) increased from 21.3+/-3.8 to 24.2+/-4.8 ml/kg body weight per min (p < 0.003), accompanied by a decrease in peak minute ventilation/ carbon dioxide production (VE/Vco2) (39.4+/-10.1 to 36.3+/-8.2; p < 0.03). In group B, peak Vo2 12 weeks after LVAD implantation was 23.0+/-4.4 ml/kg per min. In group C, levels of peak Vo2 12 weeks after LVAD implantation and 12 weeks and one year after HTx were comparable (22.8+/-5.3, 24.6+/-3.3 and 26.2+/-3.8 ml/kg per min, respectively; p = NS). In group D, there appeared to be no difference in percent predicted peak Vo2 in patients with or without a previous LVAD (68+/-13% vs. 74+/-15%; p < 0.37), although, because of the small numbers, the power of this comparison is limited (0.45 to detect a difference of 10%). CONCLUSIONS Exercise capacity in patients with a LVAD increases over time; 12 weeks after LVAD implantation, Vo2 is comparable to that at 12 weeks and one year after HTx. Previous LVAD implantation does not seem to adversely affect exercise capacity after HTx.
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- N de Jonge
- Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Unit, Heart Lung Center Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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