P103 Improved Metabolic Vasoreactivity in the Brain of HM3 Patients and its Underlying Microcirculatory Mechanisms

Abstract Background The MOMENTUM3 trial1 has revealed superiority of the novel HeartMate3 (HM3) left ventricular assist device (LVAD) compared with the HM2, with a significantly reduced occurrence of cerebrovascular accidents. Thus, cerebral autoregulation may be improved in HM3 compared with HM II...

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Published in:	Artery Research
Main Authors:	Eric J. Stöhr, Ruiping Ji, Koichi Akiyama, Francesco Castagna, Pinsino Alberto, John Cockcroft, Melana Yuzefpolskaya, Reshad Garan, Veli Topkara, Hiroo Takayama, Koji Takeda, Yoshifumi Naka, Paolo Colombo, Joshua Willey, Barry J. McDonnell
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2020-02-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.2991/artres.k-191224.129