
Cavoaortic shunt improves hemodynamics with preserved oxygen delivery in experimental right ventricular failure during left ventricular assist device therapy
Keywords: 27Cao2, arterial oxygen content; CO, cardiac output; Do2, oxygen delivery; LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricular; LVAD, left ventricular assist device; MAP, mean arterial pressure; Pao2, arterial oxygen partial pressure; PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance