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Bookimed provides care coordination. Partner and reference programmes are identified from their sources; paid ordering is not used in our published-cohort comparison. Read the editorial policy .","key_takeaways":[{"label":"Specialist device support","text":"The department describes VAD coordinators and specialist medical/nursing support for patients with mechanical assistance.","sources":["SP08"]},{"label":"Inpatient and outpatient continuity","text":"Its integrated heart-failure centre coordinates care across hospital and outpatient settings.","sources":["SP09"]},{"label":"Right-heart function remains important","text":"A 57-patient imaging study found only modest prediction of right-heart failure after HeartMate 3 implantation, supporting assessment beyond one measurement.","sources":["SP18"]}],"benefits":[{"text":"Continuing VAD support and coordinated outpatient/inpatient care are described parts of the programme, not only the implantation procedure.","sources":["SP08","SP09","SP18","SP07"]}],"limitations":[{"text":"The imaging analysis selected 57 of 95 recipients with adequate studies. It does not produce a universal eligibility threshold or a personal surgical risk score for director Jan Gummert.","sources":["SP08","SP09","SP18","SP07"]}],"sections":[{"id":"benefit-balance","title":"Clinical benefits and limitations","text":"Clinical benefits and limitations Potential advantages Continuing VAD support and coordinated outpatient/inpatient care are described parts of the programme, not only the implantation procedure. Sources: Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · Heart failure centre · Assessment of the predictive value of right ventricular longitudinal strain and functional trends in right ventricular function of patients after LVAD implantation. · Medical leadership: Jan Gummert Trade-offs and limits The imaging analysis selected 57 of 95 recipients with adequate studies. It does not produce a universal eligibility threshold or a personal surgical risk score for director Jan Gummert. Sources: Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · Heart failure centre · Assessment of the predictive value of right ventricular longitudinal strain and functional trends in right ventricular function of patients after LVAD implantation. · Medical leadership: Jan Gummert","links":[{"label":"Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery","url":"https://www.hdz-nrw.de/kliniken-institute/kliniken/klinik-fuer-thorax-und-kardiovaskularchirurgie.html"},{"label":"Heart failure centre","url":"https://www.hdz-nrw.de/behandlung/behandlungszentren/zentrum-fuer-herzinsuffizienz.html"},{"label":"Assessment of the predictive value of right ventricular longitudinal strain and functional trends in right ventricular function of patients after LVAD implantation.","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42754745/"},{"label":"Medical leadership: Jan Gummert","url":"https://www.hdz-nrw.de/hdz-nrw/ueber-uns/aerztliche-leitung.html"},{"label":"Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery","url":"https://www.hdz-nrw.de/kliniken-institute/kliniken/klinik-fuer-thorax-und-kardiovaskularchirurgie.html"},{"label":"Heart failure centre","url":"https://www.hdz-nrw.de/behandlung/behandlungszentren/zentrum-fuer-herzinsuffizienz.html"},{"label":"Assessment of the predictive value of right ventricular longitudinal strain and functional trends in right ventricular function of patients after LVAD implantation.","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42754745/"},{"label":"Medical leadership: Jan Gummert","url":"https://www.hdz-nrw.de/hdz-nrw/ueber-uns/aerztliche-leitung.html"}]},{"id":"specialists","title":"Specialists and their clinical work","text":"Specialists and their clinical work Portrait source ↗ Bad Oeynhausen · Germany cardiac surgeon Jan Gummert → Jan Gummert directs cardiac surgery at HDZ NRW. Its mechanical-support programme includes dedicated VAD coordinators and follow-up, while its heart-failure centre links inpatient and outpatient services. Heart and Diabetes Center NRW → Sources: Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · Heart failure centre View expertise and research →","links":[{"label":"Portrait source ↗","url":"https://www.hdz-nrw.de/hdz-nrw/ueber-uns/aerztliche-leitung.html"},{"label":"Jan Gummert →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-jan-gummert/"},{"label":"Heart and Diabetes Center NRW →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-hdz-nrw/"},{"label":"Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery","url":"https://www.hdz-nrw.de/kliniken-institute/kliniken/klinik-fuer-thorax-und-kardiovaskularchirurgie.html"},{"label":"Heart failure centre","url":"https://www.hdz-nrw.de/behandlung/behandlungszentren/zentrum-fuer-herzinsuffizienz.html"},{"label":"View expertise and research →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-jan-gummert/"}]},{"id":"evidence","title":"Procedure-specific research","text":"Procedure-specific research Read alongside Jan Gummert’s profile → Useful risk research with modest prediction The retrospective study analysed 57 patients with adequate imaging from 95 consecutive recipients. Right-ventricular strain provided modest discrimination; no echocardiographic parameter was an independent multivariable predictor. How to interpret this: Small selected imaging cohort. It does not supply a universal threshold, personal surgical rate or validated prediction for an individual patient. Sources: Assessment of the predictive value of right ventricular longitudinal strain and functional trends in right ventricular function of patients after LVAD implantation.","links":[{"label":"Jan Gummert’s profile →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-jan-gummert/"},{"label":"Assessment of the predictive value of right ventricular longitudinal strain and functional trends in right ventricular function of patients after LVAD implantation.","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42754745/"}]}],"introduction":"Heart surgery guide / Heart and Diabetes Center NRW Heart and Diabetes Center NRW · Decision guide Heart and Diabetes Center NRW: heart surgery expertise Bad Oeynhausen, Germany · LVAD care that continues after implantation Research by Yevhenii Kozlov · Co-Founder of Bookimed Updated 8 October 2026 Sources linked throughout At a glance HDZ NRW links cardiac surgery, transplant follow-up and an integrated heart-failure centre. Dedicated VAD coordinators make device support a defined part of the service alongside the implantation procedure. Specialist device support The department describes VAD coordinators and specialist medical/nursing support for patients with mechanical assistance. Sources: Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Inpatient and outpatient continuity Its integrated heart-failure centre coordinates care across hospital and outpatient settings. Sources: Heart failure centre Right-heart function remains important A 57-patient imaging study found only modest prediction of right-heart failure after HeartMate 3 implantation, supporting assessment beyond one measurement. Sources: Assessment of the predictive value of right ventricular longitudinal strain and functional trends in right ventricular function of patients after LVAD implantation. 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