Long-term biventricular circulatory support with
POLVAD-MEV paracorporeal pulsatile pumps.
Single-centre experience

Tomasz K. Urbanowicz; Hanna Baszyńska-Wachowiak; Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska; Marcin Misterski; Sebastian Stefaniak; Marcin Ligowski; Marek Jemielity

doi:10.5114/kitp.2020.97269

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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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Long-term biventricular circulatory support with POLVAD-MEV paracorporeal pulsatile pumps. Single-centre experience

Tomasz K. Urbanowicz

¹

,

Hanna Baszyńska-Wachowiak

¹

,

Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska

¹

,

Marcin Misterski

¹

,

Sebastian Stefaniak

¹

,

Marcin Ligowski

¹

,

Marek Jemielity

¹

Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland

Kardiochirur Torakochir Pol 2020; 17 (2): 101-104

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2020.97269

Online publish date: 2020/07/20

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Urbanowicz T, Baszyńska-Wachowiak H, Olasińska-Wiśniewska A, et al. Long-term biventricular circulatory support with
POLVAD-MEV paracorporeal pulsatile pumps.
Single-centre experience. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2020;17(2):101-104. doi:10.5114/kitp.2020.97269.

APA

Urbanowicz, T., Baszyńska-Wachowiak, H., Olasińska-Wiśniewska, A., Misterski, M., Stefaniak, S.,  & Ligowski, M. et al. (2020). Long-term biventricular circulatory support with
POLVAD-MEV paracorporeal pulsatile pumps.
Single-centre experience. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 17(2), 101-104. https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2020.97269

Chicago

Urbanowicz, Tomasz K., Hanna Baszyńska-Wachowiak, Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska, Marcin Misterski, Sebastian Stefaniak, Marcin Ligowski,  and Marek Jemielity. 2020. "Long-term biventricular circulatory support with
POLVAD-MEV paracorporeal pulsatile pumps.
Single-centre experience". Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 17 (2): 101-104. doi:10.5114/kitp.2020.97269.

Harvard

Urbanowicz, T., Baszyńska-Wachowiak, H., Olasińska-Wiśniewska, A., Misterski, M., Stefaniak, S., Ligowski, M.,  and Jemielity, M. (2020). Long-term biventricular circulatory support with
POLVAD-MEV paracorporeal pulsatile pumps.
Single-centre experience. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 17(2), pp.101-104. https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2020.97269

MLA

Urbanowicz, Tomasz K. et al. "Long-term biventricular circulatory support with
POLVAD-MEV paracorporeal pulsatile pumps.
Single-centre experience." Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, vol. 17, no. 2, 2020, pp. 101-104. doi:10.5114/kitp.2020.97269.

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Urbanowicz T, Baszyńska-Wachowiak H, Olasińska-Wiśniewska A, Misterski M, Stefaniak S, Ligowski M et al. Long-term biventricular circulatory support with
POLVAD-MEV paracorporeal pulsatile pumps.
Single-centre experience. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2020;17(2):101-104. doi:10.5114/kitp.2020.97269.

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Introduction
Severe heart failure decompensation requires circulatory mechanical support in emergency situations. Polish paracorporeal pulsatile pumps, POLVAD-MEV, are designed for biventricular end-stage heart dysfunction. To evaluate long-term POLVAD-MEV therapy by multiple pump exchange in patients on a transplant list.

Material and methods
There were 3 patients in INTERMACS level 1 referred for emergency POLVAD-MED implantation due to acute heart failure deterioration. The paracorporeal pulsatile mechanical support was applied due to severe biventricular dysfunction.

Results
They were supported by paracorporeal biventricular POLVAD-MEV pumps for 438, 473 and 394 days until heart transplantation. During the hospitalisation the pumps required multiple pumps exchanges within 29 ±10 (4–49) day intervals.

Conclusions
POLVAD-MEV paracorporeal pulsatile pumps present a safe option for long-term circulatory support in a selected group of patients. Therapy requires pump exchange but enables survival while awaiting a heart transplant.

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Long-term biventricular circulatory support with POLVAD-MEV paracorporeal pulsatile pumps. Single-centre experience

Tomasz K. Urbanowicz 1 , Hanna Baszyńska-Wachowiak 1 , Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska 1 , Marcin Misterski 1 , Sebastian Stefaniak 1 , Marcin Ligowski 1 , Marek Jemielity 1

heart failure, BIVAD, POLVAD, heart transplantation

Tomasz K. Urbanowicz

¹

,

Hanna Baszyńska-Wachowiak

¹

,

Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska

¹

,

Marcin Misterski

¹

,

Sebastian Stefaniak

¹

,

Marcin Ligowski

¹

,

Marek Jemielity

¹