title: Tips on tuning each device: technical pearls.
abstract: Although the basic technique is relatively similar among the currently available left ventricular assist devices (LVAD), there are many subtle potential technical pitfalls for each device that could result in grave adverse events. In this article, the technical perils of the principal implantation technique and LVAD-related concomitant surgical procedures as well as of the implantation technique specific to currently available implantable LVADs, including HeartMate XVE, HeartMate II, HeartWare, and DuraHeart, are described.
authors: Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors: Hiroo
authors: H
authors: Takayama
authors: Jonathan A
authors: JA
authors: Yang
authors: Yoshifumi
authors: Y
authors: Naka
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000379:methods