SYSTEM FOR USE AND MONITORING OF INHALED NITRIC OXIDE WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES

A system for determining whether a patient with pulmonary hypertension will resolve the pulmonary hypertension with continued use of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), comprises:a means for measuring one or more pulmonary hemodynamic parameters of a patient with an LVAD to obtain a first pulmo...

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Hauptverfasser:	FLANAGAN, Craig, GREENE, Douglas, Alan, POTENZIANO, Jim
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY DIAGNOSIS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:	A system for determining whether a patient with pulmonary hypertension will resolve the pulmonary hypertension with continued use of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), comprises:a means for measuring one or more pulmonary hemodynamic parameters of a patient with an LVAD to obtain a first pulmonary hemodynamic value;a nitric oxide delivery device configured for, after obtaining the first pulmonary hemodynamic value, administering inhaled nitric oxide to the patient with the LVAD; anda means for measuring one or more pulmonary hemodynamic parameters of the patient during or after the inhaled nitric oxide administration to obtain a second pulmonary hemodynamic value,wherein the nitric oxide delivery device is configured for adjusting the inhaled nitric oxide based on a comparison of the second pulmonary hemodynamic value to a predetermined range, andwherein the pulmonary hemodynamic parameter is selected from left atrial pressure and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure;wherein an increase in left atrial pressure and/or pulmonary capillary wedge pressure from the first pulmonary hemodynamic value to the second pulmonary hemodynamic value of less than 5 mm Hg is indicative of improvement.