Risk of Conventional Cardiac Surgery Among Patients with Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction in the Era of Mechanical Circulatory Support

Despite suggestions that severe LV dysfunction may warrant selection of durable mechanical circulatory support (MCS) over conventional surgery, comparative studies are lacking due to incomplete characterization of patients at highest risk after conventional surgery. We sought to define subsets of patients with severe LV dysfunction that are at greatest mortality risk following conventional cardiac surgery.
Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Source Type: research