Hemodynamic performance in-vivo of a new ventricular assist device.

Nowadays, circulatory support has become a common practice in medicine and a standard in the treatments of Cardio Vascular Disease (CVD). A new Pneumatic Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) has been developed in México City. This paper shows the first results of acute in-vivo trials, intended to verify the new system for providing physiological flows and pressures.