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A left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a medical device that is sometimes used as an alternative to heart transplant for patients who have a weakened left ventricle. Once implanted, the LVAD pumps blood from the left ventricle to the aorta. Name the phase of the cardiac cycle that this device assists. _____________ Describe the status of the AV and SL valves during this phase_________
Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) helps the bottom left chamber of the heart (left ventricle) pump blood out of the ventricle to the aorta and the rest of the body. Because left ventricles contract to pump the blood to the aorta and the rest of the body. This phase is included in ventricular systole of the cardiac cycle.
During ventricular systole ventricles contract due to which pressure rises, as a result, AV or atrioventricular valve closes down, to stop blood going back into the atria with a lubb sound and SL or semilunar valves open. This allows the blood to flow into the aorta and pulmonary trunk.