Vol. 33 (Suppl 2) 2012 Neuro endocrinology letters

The impact of left ventricle assist device on circulating endothelial microparticles - pilot study.

OBJECTIVES: Recent technological breakthroughs in the design of reliable systems for long term non-pulsatile mechanical heart support offer the possibility to study the effect of continuous blood flow in the vascular system. Generally, it is assumed that the absence of physiological pulsatile flow leads to prothrombogenic and proatherog.....