title: Role of multimodality imaging in patients with left ventricular assist device.
abstract: The article provides an overview of recent advances in imaging patients with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD).
  
  
  
  There is a growing population of patients with LVADs. LVADs improve survival in patients with end-stage heart failure, but are also associated with significant adverse outcomes. Imaging, particularly echocardiography, plays a critical role in patient selection and in predicting and detecting complications.
  
  
  
  Recent studies have illustrated links between imaging parameters with adverse outcomes, such as pump thrombosis, right ventricular failure, and continuous aortic regurgitation. Novel parameters and imaging techniques have been developed.
authors.affiliation: aHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center; JC Walter Jr. Transplant Center, Houston, TX, USA *Mahwash Kassi and Jerry D. Estep have contributed equally to the writing of this article.
authors.forename: Mahwash
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kassi
authors.forename: Jerry D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Estep
mesh_terms: D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right