Key result
Dual Corheart 6 BiVAD achieves hemodynamic optimization and clinical recovery in end-stage heart failure.
Why the study?
No right ventricular assist device is specifically designed for isolated right heart failure support, requiring improvised methods using LVADs for biventricular assistance.
Case Report (n=1)
No
The Corheart 6 magnetically levitated LVAD can be successfully employed off-label for biventricular assistance in patients with end-stage heart failure and severe right ventricular failure.
Supports feasibility of Corheart 6 BiVAD in one case; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Approximately one-third of patients with end-stage heart failure (ESHF) experience biventricular failure. Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are employed as a salvage therapy for individuals with advanced heart failure. The onset of right ventricular failure complicates the postoperative management of patients receiving LVAD support. Currently, no right ventricular assist device is specifically designed for isolated right heart failure support, necessitating cardiac surgeons worldwide to adopt various improvised methods using LVADs for right ventricular assistance. This report details the first case at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital in which a Corheart 6 magnetically levitated LVAD was successfully employed for biventricular assistance in a patient with ESHF secondary to dilated cardiomyopathy.
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Ding et al. (2025) conducted a case report in End-stage heart failure secondary to dilated cardiomyopathy (n=1). Corheart 6 biventricular assist device (BiVAD) was evaluated on Clinical recovery and hemodynamic optimization. The Corheart 6 magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device was successfully used off-label for biventricular support, achieving hemodynamic optimization and clinical recovery in a patient with end-stage heart failure.
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