Four-year outcomes with third-generation centrifugal left ventricular assist devices in an era of restricted transplantation

Autor: Gareth Parry, N. Robinson-Smith, Neil Wrightson, Bandigowdanapalya Ramesh, Sai Bhagra, Faruk Özalp, Massimo Griselli, Stephan Schueler, Catriona Bhagra, Tanveer Butt, Guy A. MacGowan, Asif Hasan

Publikováno v: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

OBJECTIVES Third-generation ventricular assist devices (VADs) are associated with improved outcomes, though in recent clinical trials bridge-to-transplant (BTT) rates are ∼30% at 6 months, so that transplantation can be used as a ‘bail out’ for

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