COMPUTITIONAL MODELING FOR PRE-OPERATIVE PLANNING OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES IMPLANT

Ventricular assist devices (VADs) are used in patients for the treatment of end-stage heart failure, helping the left ventricle pump blood to the rest of the body. When a VAD is implanted, clinical evidence suggests that the device inflow needs to be placed below the papillary muscle with the device axis being parallel to the intraventricular septum. Under these conditions, the risk of adverse hemodynamic events is greatly reduced [1]. Moreover, the Heartmate III manufactured by Abbott is a large device with the risk of pushing the ribs and then leading to patient pain. This study aims to develop a cardiac tool based on computational simulations and extended reality to improve the implantation of VAD.