HeartMate 3™ LVAD

Extra Credit

Looking for a little more? Check out some of the extra credit resources below.

ACTION One Page Summary (OPS)

ACTION Device OPS – HeartMate 3TM LVAD

One page device summary information for providers

ACTION Device OPS – HVADTM System vs. HeartMate 3TM LVAD

One page device comparison summary for providers

IRL VADS: Heartmate 3TM LVAD

Below are videos from ACTION’s IRL (In Real Life) VADs webinar session held on August 4, 2022.  

IRLHM3_1_Daily VAD Life
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Part 1: Daily VAD Life, How to Conduct Daily Rounds, and Alarms

Boston Children’s
IRLHM3_2_Anticoagulation
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Part 2: Initiating and Bridging Anticoagulation

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
IRLHM3_3_SettingsAndPI
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Part 3: Finding the Right Settings and PI

Cincinnati Children’s
IRLHM3_4_EchoCardiacCath
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Part 4: Echocardiography and Cardiac Catheterization

Texas Children’s Hospital
IRLHM3_5_OutpatientIssues
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Part 5: Outpatient Issues: Driveline Infection, ER, CT Scan Protocol

Lurie Children’s
IRLHM3_6_DopplerBP
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Part 6: Doppler Blood Pressures: Measuring and Management

St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Videos

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Fontan HeartMate 3™ LVAD Surgical Case

Surgical case conducted by Dr. David Morales showing an implantation of the HeartMate 3 in a 22 year old congenital patient with a Fontan as a bridge to heart liver transplant.

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HeartMate 3™ LVAD Surgical Case

Surgical case conducted by Dr. David Morales showing an implantation of the HeartMate 3 in a small 10 year old pediatric patient with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.

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ACTION Experience with the HeartMate 3™ LVAD

March 2021 Webinar Video

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HeartMate 3™ LVAD Driveline Dressing Change

Instructional video

ACTION Harmonized Protocols

See HeartMate 3TM LVAD Protocols here.

Other

Get iOS app

VAD Controller Change Out Video Game

Check out our VAD-Venture Controller Change-Out simulation app for iOS. This simulation game is designed to help patients & caregivers practice changing out the HeartMate 3™ LVAD controller. Don’t have iOS? Practice here.

What should patients know about the HeartMate 3TM LVAD?

Check out our HeartMate 3™ LVAD information for Patient & Caregivers.