LVAD Does Not Improve Outcomes in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension after Heart Transplantation

LVAD therapy in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) has shown improvements in pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) but benefits of this strategy of mechanical unloading pre heart transplantation (HTx) remains uncertain. Here, we determine if patients with PH who are bridge to transplant (BTT) with an LVAD have improved outcomes after HTx.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: C.R. Brown, F.N. Khurshan, Z. Chen, P. Zamani, J.A. Mazurek, F.H. McCarthy, M.A. Acker, N.D. Desai, J. Rame Source Type: research