Primary Investigator:
Timothy Icenogle, MD

Description:
Patients awaiting a heart transplant who are too ill to survive until a heart is found are implanted with this centrifugal force pump. It is designed to support their heart for months to years until a donor heart is available.

Eligibility:

• Able to sign Informed Consent and Release of Medical Information Forms 
• Age ≥ 18 years 
• BSA ≥ 1.5m ² 
• Approved for cardiac transplantation by the institution's multidisciplinary transplantation committee 
• Patient for whom LVAD implantation is planned as a clinically indicated bridge to cardiac transplantation 
• Able to return to the clinical site for all routine follow-up while the LVAD is in. 
• Other eligibility criteria may apply. Please contact study coordinator.

Exclusions:

•   Cardiac surgery within 30 days of enrollment
• Heart Attack within the last two day
• Heart transplant, or LVAD in place at time of surgery
• Un-repairable aortic valve
• Severe bleeding disorders or liver disease
• Dialysis or creatinine greater than 3.5
• Stroke in the last 90 days
• Peripheral vascular disease of the legs that causes you pain or ulcerations
• Unable to take blood thinners
• Other exclusion criteria may apply. Please contact study coordinator.

Study Timeline:
Currently enrolling

Study Contact:

Mark, ARNP, Research Coordinator
puhlmam@shmc.org

Study Sponsor:
Ventracor