Bariatric Surgery in Patients with Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Bariatric surgery is a well documented surgical procedure for achieving substantial weight loss in morbidly obese patients. However, there is a paucity of data examining its safety and efficacy in patients with continuous flow left ventricular assist devices (CF-LVADs) as a mechanism to achieve adequate weight loss for purposes of being considered for heart transplantation.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: H.K. Lamba, A. Santiago, C. Kurihara, M. Kawabori, T. Sugiura, J. Eskew, A. Alnajar, F.H. Cheema, A.B. Civitello, R. Delgado, L. Simpson, A.P. Nair, T.K. Rosengart, O. Frazier, J.A. Morgan Source Type: research