The Impact of Obesity on Patients Bridged to Transplantation with Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices

OBJECTIVES: This study sought to determine if obese patients had worse post-LVAD implantation outcomes and if the implantation of an LVAD allowed for weight loss. BACKGROUND: Obesity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease including heart failure. Obese heart failure patients have better outcome...

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izdano v:JACC Heart Fail
Main Authors: Clerkin, Kevin J., Naka, Yoshifumi, Mancini, Donna M., Colombo, Paolo C., Topkara, Veli K.
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Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: 2016
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Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5654312/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27614942
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2016.05.010
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