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November 16, 2016New England Journal of Medicine748 citations

A Fully Magnetically Levitated Circulatory Pump for Advanced Heart Failure

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MMMandeep R. MehraYNYoshifumi NakaNUNir Uriel

Key Points

  • To compare the outcomes of a magnetically levitated centrifugal-flow pump to an axial-flow pump for patients with advanced heart failure.
  • Randomized trial design comparing two types of pumps: magnetically levitated centrifugal-flow pump and axial-flow pump.
  • Follow-up duration of 6 months.
  • Trial registered under NCT02224755.
  • Patients who received the magnetically levitated pump had a lower rate of reoperation for pump malfunction compared to those with the axial-flow pump.

Abstract

Among patients with advanced heart failure, implantation of a fully magnetically levitated centrifugal-flow pump was associated with better outcomes at 6 months than was implantation of an axial-flow pump, primarily because of the lower rate of reoperation for pump malfunction. (Funded by St. Jude Medical; MOMENTUM 3 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02224755 .).

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Mehra et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e0c8353dcc343e9cc1203fhttps://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1610426
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