Method of managing a heart pump

The invention relates to a method for managing a pump (13) for cardiac assist the heart of a patient, said pump (13) being intended to send heart pressurized blood at a rate proportional to the rotational speed vRPM said pump (13) through the aortic valve of said heart. According to the invention there is provided, for the same ventricular systole, the steps of: (a) detecting the closure of the mitral valve of said heart, vRPM the rotational speed of said pump (13) is strictly less than a maximum value vRPM max of said pump speed (13), (b) increase the speed of rotation vRPM of said pump (13) so that at a time t2 subsequent to time t1 corresponding to the closing of said mitral valve , the said pump speed (13) is equal, or substantially equal to said maximum value vRPM max rotational speed, (c) maintaining said vRPM rotational speed of said pump (13) to this maximum value vRPM max for at least a portion of the time period T during which the aortic valve is open, and - optionally repeating steps (a) to (c) for at least the ventricular systole of a subsequent cardiac cycle.