Access | Ventricular support | Abbreviation | Examplesa |
---|---|---|---|
Percutaneous | Left | pLVAD | TandemHeart (CardiacAssist, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, USA) |
 |  |  | Impella 2.5L (Abiomed, Aachen, Germany) |
 |  |  | Impella 5L (Abiomed) |
Surgical | Â | Â | Â |
   Extracorporeal | Right/Left/Biventricular | RVAD/LVAD/BiVAD | CentriMag (Levitronix LLC, Waltham, MA, USA) |
 |  |  | Bio-Medicus (Eden Prairie, MN, USA) |
 |  |  | DeltaStream (Medos Medizintechnik AG, Stolberg, Germany) |
   Implantable | Left | LVAD | HeartMate II (Thoratec Corporation, Pleasanton, CA, USA) |
 |  |  | Jarvik 2000 (Jarvik Heart Inc., New York, NY) and Incor(Berlin Heart AG, Berlin, Germany) |
 |  |  | HeartAssist 5 (MicroMed Cardiovascular, Inc., Houston, TX, USA) and DuraHeart (Terumo Heart Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, USA) |