Key result
3D echocardiography enables complete visualization and spatial assessment of Impella within the LV.
Why the study?
Three-dimensional echocardiography is emerging as a more accurate tool to analyze heart morphology and function in patients supported by intravascular blood pumps like Impella Recover 100.
Case Report (n=1)
3D echocardiography may aid Impella monitoring in select cases; leaves open routine adoption without prospective validation.
Impella Recover 100 is an intravascular microaxial blood pump designed for short-term circulatory support in conditions of reduced left ventricular function. Two-dimensional echocardiography is a consolidated tool to study and monitor patients undergoing circulatory support. Three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography is emerging as a source of more accurate analysis in heart morphology and function. We described the use of 3D echocardiography in a patient who underwent Impella recover 100 support for postcardiotomy shock. 3D echocardiography allowed complete visualization of the pump and provided excellent intraoperative assessment of the complex spatial location into the left ventricle.
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Barosi et al. (2005) conducted a case report in postcardiotomy shock (n=1). 3D echocardiography was evaluated on visualization of the pump and intraoperative assessment of spatial location. Three-dimensional echocardiography allowed complete visualization of the Impella Recover 100 pump and provided excellent intraoperative assessment of its complex spatial location in the left ventricle.
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