Provider
Education & Training
HeartMate 3™ LVAD
Looking for a little more? Check out some of the extra credit resources below. Below are videos from ACTION’s IRL (In Real Life) VADs webinar session held on August 4, 2022. Part 1: Daily VAD Life, How to Conduct Daily Rounds, and Alarms Part 2: Initiating and Bridging Anticoagulation Part 3: Finding the Right Settings and PI Part 4: Echocardiography and Cardiac Catheterization Part 5: Outpatient Issues: Driveline Infection, ER, CT Scan Protocol Part 6: Doppler Blood Pressures: Measuring and Management 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. 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. March 2021 Webinar Video Instructional video Check out our HeartMate 3™ LVAD information for Patient & Caregivers.HeartMate 3™ LVAD
Extra Credit
ACTION One Page Summary (OPS)
IRL VADS: Heartmate 3TM LVAD
Boston Children’s
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Cincinnati Children’s
Texas Children’s Hospital
Lurie Children’s
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Videos
Fontan HeartMate 3™ LVAD Surgical Case
HeartMate 3™ LVAD Surgical Case
ACTION Experience with the HeartMate 3™ LVAD
HeartMate 3™ LVAD Driveline Dressing Change
ACTION Harmonized Protocols
Other
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?
See Abbott’s Manual & Resources webpage to find and download the most current information. Check out our HeartMate 3™ LVAD information for Patient & Caregivers.HeartMate 3™ LVAD
Industry Resources
Instructions for Use & Alarm Guides
ACTION One Page Summary (OPS)
What should patients know about the HeartMate 3TM LVAD?
