Clinical Publications
Published in 2025
Complex coronary angioplasty using the iVAC2L ventricular assist device in a patient with low ejection fraction
Pedro Gallardo Galeas, Jorge Carminatti, Jorge Cuezzo, María Pereyra, María del Milagro Pérez
First evaluation of a novel pulsatile LVAD: Feasibility and haemodynamic impact in acute heart failure
Sara Knigge, Marcelo B. Bastos, Bastian Schmack, Liam Schana, Oren Malchin, Ali S. Merzah, Aron F. Popov, Alexander Weymann, Arjang Ruhparwar, Felix Schumacher, Günes Dogan and Jan D. Schmitto
Brazil’s First High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Hemodynamic Support from a Percutaneous Pulsatile Device: A Case Report
André M. Nicolau, Pedro H. M. C. de Melo, Lucas Aguiar Alencar de Oliveira, Rafael Bergo,Thiago A. Kleinsorge, Roger Renault Godinho, Fábio Sândoli de Brito Jr, Alexandre A. Abizaid, Carlos de Magalhães Campos
Sheathless delivery of a transfemoral pulsatile left ventricular assist device for high-risk percutaneous interventions: a case series
Edoardo Elia, Marcelo B. Bastos, Demarchi Andrea, Giovanni La Malfa, Pistis Gianfranco, Giuseppe Patti, Gabriella Dallaglio and Gioel Gabrio Secco
Comparative Outcomes of iVAC2L and IABP Support in High-Risk PCI: Six-Month Survival and Complication Analysis
Lukas Urban, Milan Dragula, Adrian Scholze,1,2 Lubos John, and Milos Knazeje
Published in 2024
Pulsatile Left Ventricular Assistance in High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Short-Term Outcomes
Josko Bulum, Marcelo B. Bastos, Ota Hlinomaz, Oren Malkin, Tomasz Pawlowski, Milan Dragula and Robert Gil
Hemodynamical Evaluation of a New Surgically Implanted Pulsatile Right Ventricular Assist Device Driven by a Conventional Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Console
Sara Knigge, Günes Dogan, Ezin Deniz, Youseph Ismail, Jörg Optenhöfel, Liam Schana, Ali S. Merzah, Jasmin S. Hanke, Issam Ismail, Oren Malchin, Marcelo Bastos, Aron F. Popov,* Alexander Weymann,*Arjang Ruhparwar, Bastian Schmack, and Jan D. Schmitto
Pulsatile Ventricular Assist Platform
Marcelo B. Bastos, MD, MHSca, Oren Malchin, MBAc, Sara Knigge, PhDb, Günes Dogan, MDb, Ezin Deniz, MDb, Jan D. Schmitto, MD, PhDb
Published in 2023
iVAC-2L to Facilitate Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair of Mitral Valve Without Leaflet Coaptation
Jerzy Sacha, MD, PHD, Wojciech Milejski, MD, Jarosław Bugajski, MD, Natalia Pidzik, MD, Tomasz Pawłowski, MD, PHD, Marek Gierlotka, MD, PHD
Use of Mechanical Circulatory Support in Complex High-risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Review of Current Evidence
Jonathan Gabriel Sung, Ho Lam, Ka-Lung Chui, Anthony Yiu-Tung Wong, Jonathan Yap, Zhen-Vin Lee, Sidney TH Lo, Ajar Kochar, Houng-Bang Liew, Christoph Julian Jensen, Dharmaraj Karthikesan, Jack Wei-Chieh Tan, Ping-Wa Yam, Khung Keong Yeo, Duk-Woo Park and Eric Eeckhout
Published in 2022
Effect of next generation pulsatile mechanical circulatory support on cardiac mechanics - The PULSE trial
Marcelo B. Bastos, Hannah McConkey, Oren Malkin, Corstiaan den Uil , Joost Daemen,Tiffany Patterson, Quinten Wolffa, Isabella Kardys, Jan Schreuder, Mattie Lenzen, Felix Zijlstra, Simon Redwood, Nicolas M. Van Mieghem
Comparison of a pulsatile and a continuous flow left ventricular assist device in high-risk PCI
Alexander Samol, Marcus Wiemer, Sven Kaese
High‑risk PCI using Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy and iVAC2L support in a Covid-19 positive patient: a case report
Milan Dragula, Lukáš Urban, Ivana Ságová, Jurina Sadloňová, Miloš Kňazeje
Effectiveness and safety of a prolonged hemodynamic support by the iVAC 2L system in healthy and cardiogenic shock pigs
Clément Delmas, Jean Porterie, Géraldine Jourdan, Frank Lezoualc’h, Romain Arnaud, Stéphanie Brun, Hugo Cavalerie, Grégoire Blanc, Bertrand Marcheix, Olivier Lairez, Patrick Verwaerde and Jeanne Mialet-Perez
Published in 2021
Interventional heart failure therapy: A new concept fighting against heart failure
Keita Saku (MD, PhD), Shohei Yokota (MD), Takuya Nishikawa (MD, PhD), Koichiro Kinugawa (MD, PhD, FJCC)
Calcified left main stenosis – is there a room for us interventionalists?
Ivan Ilić, Stefan Timcic, Matija Furtula, Srdjan Boskovic, Petar Otasevic
Published in 2020
Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support in Acute Heart Failure
Federica Jiritano, Valeria Lo Coco, Matteo Matteucci, Dario Fina, Anne Willers and Roberto Lorusso
First implantation of the pulsatile left ventricular assist device iVAC2L in a heart failure patient infected with influenza type A
S. Tzikas, C.H. Papadopoulos, A.P. Evangeliou, V. Vassilikos
Case Report First-in-Man Method Description: Left Ventricular Unloading With iVAC2L During Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: From Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation to ECMELLA to EC-iVAC®
Carsten Tschöpe, Alessio Alogna, Alessandro Faragli, Karin Klingel, Gunther Schmidt, orsten Wolfgang Heilmann, Marcelo B. Bastos and Frank Spillmann
Published in 2019
New-generation mechanical circulatory support during high-risk PCI: a cross-sectional analysis
Koen Ameloot, MD; Marcello Bastos, MD; Joost Daemen, MD, PhD; Jan Schreuder, Md, PhD; Eric Boersma, PhD; Felix Zijlstra, MD, pHD; Nicholas M. Van Mieghem, MD, PhD
PulseCath iVAC2L: next-generation pulsatile mechanical circulatory support
Marcelo B Bastos , Maarten P van Wiechen & Nicolas M Van Mieghem
The clinical case of the first high-risk PCI under the use of the PulseCath iVAC 2L lVAD in Russia
B.G. Alekyan, N.G. Karapetyan, A.Ya. Novak, G.P. Plotnikov, Yu.B. Knysh, G.S. Grigoryan
Published in 2018
First successful prevention of cardiopulmonary resuscitation during high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention by use of a pulsatile left ventricular assist device: baptism of fire of the iVAC2L device: a case report
Alexander Samol, Stefanie Schmidt, Melanie Zeyse, and Marcus Wiemer
Haemodynamic impact of a new pulsatile mechanical circulatory support in high-risk coronary stenting
Marcelo Barros Bastos, MD; Joost Daemen, MD, PhD; Nicolas M. Van Mieghem, MD, PhD
Published in 2017
Pulsatile iVAC 2L circulatory support in high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention
Corstiaan A. den Uil, MD, PhD; Joost Daemen, MD, PhD; Mattie J. Lenzen, PhD; Anne-Marie Maugenest, MSc; Linda Joziasse, MSc; Robert Jan van Geuns, MD, PhD; Nicolas M. Van Mieghem, MD, PhD
First high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention under use of the iVAC2l system in Germany
Alexander Samol, Stefanie Schmidt, Melanie Zeyse, Stefanie Dürrwald & Marcus Wiemer
Heart glossary
Understanding the various components and terms related to the heart can be helpful in understanding its functioning and in diagnosing and treating heart conditions.