Cardiac unloading via a transvalvular pump prevents arrhythmias following myocardial ischemia / reperfusion by preserving coronary microcirculation and cardiomyocyte nanostructure
Madison Ammon, Pedro Melo, Kacper Nowak, Gerard Nuovo, Alexandre Abizaid, Juan F. Granada, Daniel Burkhoff, Grzegorz L. Kałuża, Alfred Kyrollos, Jerald Curran, Sathya Dev Unudurthi, Rengasayee Veeraraghavan
This study shows that transvalvular unloading reduces arrhythmias after myocardial ischemia/reperfusion by preserving coronary microcirculation and cardiomyocyte nanostructure in a porcine model.
bioRxiv · Oct 29, 2026 · PreprintPhysiology