Renal Outcomes in Patients Bridged to Heart Transplant with a Left Ventricular Assist Device.

CONCLUSIONS: BTT with an LVAD does not appear to be associated with worse renal outcomes regardless of baseline renal function. Furthermore, an LVAD BTT strategy in patients with chronic kidney disease may enable clinicians to identify candidates suitable for isolated heart transplantation without increasing their risk for post-transplant renal failure. PMID: 31904371 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - January 1, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Jawitz OK, Fudim M, Raman V, Blumer VL, Caliskan K, DeVore AD, Mentz RJ, Milano C, Soliman O, Rogers J, Patel C Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research