Post-transplant survival with pre-transplant durable continuous-flow mechanical circulatory support in a Swiss cohort of heart transplant recipients

CONCLUSION: This data indicates that the strategy of pre-transplant CF-MCS with subsequent orthotopic heart transplantation provides post-transplant outcomes not different to direct heart transplantation despite the fact that the duration of pre-transplant assist device treatment has progressively increased.PMID:38579299 | DOI:10.57187/s.3500

Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - April 5, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Roger Hullin Tamila Abdurashidova Barbara Pitta-Gros Sara Schukraft Valentina Rancati Henri Lu Anouck Zurbuchen Carlo Marcucci Zied Ltaief Karl Lefol Christoph Huber Manuel Pascual Piergiorgio Tozzi Philippe Meyer Matthias Kirsch Source Type: research