Waitlist and post- heart transplant outcomes for children with non-dilated cardiomyopathy.

CONCLUSIONS: Currently, waitlist and post-transplant survival is similar for all CMP phenotypes. VAD use is low in patients with non-DCM, however, it did not increase waitlist mortality in adjusted analysis. Further studies in patients with non-DCM are needed to determine optimal timing and anatomic characteristics most likely to benefit from VAD implantation during the waitlist period. PMID: 32768427 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - August 4, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Amdani S, Boyle G, Elizabeth S, Godown J, Liu W, Worley S, Karamlou T Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research