CrossTalk opposing view: Blood flow pulsatility in left ventricular assist device patients is not essential to maintain normal brain physiology
J Physiol
.
2019 Jan;597(2):357-359.
doi: 10.1113/JP276730.
Epub 2018 Dec 17.
Authors
William K Cornwell 3rd
1
,
Takashi Tarumi
2
,
Justin Lawley
3
,
Amrut V Ambardekar
1
Affiliations
1
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
2
Human Informatics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
3
Department of Sports Science, Division of Physiology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
PMID:
30560586
PMCID:
PMC6332755
DOI:
10.1113/JP276730
No abstract available
Keywords:
Cerebrovascular Physiology; LVAD; Nonpulsatile.
Publication types
Comment
MeSH terms
Brain
Heart-Assist Devices*
Hemodynamics
Humans
Pulsatile Flow
Grants and funding
1K23HLI32048-01/GF/NIH HHS/United States
5K99HL133449/GF/NIH HHS/United States