Echocardiographic Evaluation of the LVAD Patient

Dr. Ellemae Stadnick

Ellamae Stadnick, MD, MSc, FRCPC. Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) are used to support patients with advanced heart failure as either a bridge to recovery, cardiac transplantation or as destination therapy. This session will help sonographers to identify the components of a permanent and temporary LVAD by echocardiography, understand the proper sonographic assessment and Doppler signals for the device, and gain a greater understanding of the principles of a RAMP study.

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