- To better understand the functionality of a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) we need to first review the basic anatomy and physiology of the heart.
- The heart can simply be considered a two-sided pump consisting of two atria and two ventricles;
- The heart muscle is known as the myocardium;
- The layers that make up the wall are the pericardium, parietal pericardium and visceral pericardium. [8, 9]
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