First 5-year multicentric clinical trial experience with the HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist system

The HeartMate 3 (HM3) left ventricular assist system (Abbott, Abbott Park, IL) is a durable mechanical circulatory support device with unique features comprising a magnetically levitated rotor with a wide blood flow path and artificial pulse wave. 1 Schmitto JD Hanke JS Rojas SV Avsar M Haverich A First implantation in man of a new magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device (HeartMate III). J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015; 34: 858-860 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (129) Google Scholar