PREDICTORS OF 30 DAY POST-TRANSPLANT MORTALITY IN PATIENTS BRIDGED TO TRANSPLANTATION WITH CONTINUOUS-FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES – AN ANALYSIS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION TRANSPLANT REGISTRY

BACKGROUND: Continuous-flow (CF) left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are standard of care for bridging patients to cardiac transplantation. However, existing data about preoperative factors influencing early post-transplant survival in this population are limited. We sought to determine risk fac...

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Published in:J Heart Lung Transplant
Main Authors: Healy, Aaron H., Stehlik, Josef, Edwards, Leah B., McKellar, Stephen H., Drakos, Stavros G., Selzman, Craig H.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4718870/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26296960
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2015.07.007
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