Combined Ventricular Assist Device Placement With Adjustable Gastric Band (VAD-BAND): A Promising New Technique for Morbidly Obese Patients Awaiting Potential Cardiac Transplantation

BACKGROUND: Morbid obesity remains a potential relative contraindication for cardiac transplantation. Hence, a select population of morbidly obese patients with end-stage heart failure may require a ventricular assist device (VAD) as a bridge to transplantation to afford them time to lose sufficient...

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Main Authors: Gill, Richdeep S., Karmali, Shahzeer, Nagandran, Jeevan, Frazier, Howard O., Sherman, Vadim
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Elmer Press 2012
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Short Communication
Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320122/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22505986
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr814w
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