Mechanical Circulatory Support Device Utilization and Heart Transplant Waitlist Outcomes in Patients With Restrictive and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy [Original Articles]

Conclusions:
Patients with RCM/HCM are less likely to receive MCSD but have similar waitlist mortality and slightly higher incidence of transplantation compared with other patients. The United Network for Organ Sharing RCM/HCM risk model can help identify patients who are at high risk for clinical deterioration and in need of expedited heart transplantation.

Source: Circulation: Heart Failure - March 16, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Sridharan, L., Wayda, B., Truby, L. K., Latif, F., Restaino, S., Takeda, K., Takayama, H., Naka, Y., Colombo, P. C., Maurer, M., Farr, M. A., Topkara, V. K. Tags: Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Transplantation, Mortality/Survival, Statements and Guidelines Original Articles Source Type: research