It keeps on turning: Effects of prolonged long-term left ventricular assist device support as a bridge to heart transplantation.

CONCLUSION:: Prolonged left ventricular assist device support as bridge to transplantation is associated with lower mortality and lower incidence of device failure requiring device exchange. However, long-term support reduces the chance of device explantation for myocardial recovery and increases the incidence of higher-grade aortic regurgitation in the follow-up.
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Source: The International Journal of Artificial Organs - December 24, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Schmack B, Grossekettler L, Zeriouh M, Weymann A, Mohite P, Koch A, Ruhparwar A, Simon AR, Sabashnikov A, Popov AF Tags: Int J Artif Organs Source Type: research