Clinical and Prognostic Role of Noninvasive Hemodynamic Assessment in Left Ventricular Assist Device Carriers.

Persistence of heart failure symptoms or suboptimal hemodynamic is a frequent condition in LVAD carriers, associated with adverse outcome. Invasive hemodynamic optimization was associated with a better outcome. Our group recently validated an echocardiographic protocol to noninvasively assess hemodynamics of LVAD patients.