Trends and outcomes of device-related 30-day readmissions after left ventricular assist device implantation.

CONCLUSION: Over one-fourth of LVAD recipients have 30-day readmissions, with most of them occurring within 15 days. Most frequent cause of readmission was gastrointestinal bleeding, which was associated with the lowest in-hospital mortality among other complications. PMID: 33039191 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: European Journal of Internal Medicine - October 7, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Briasoulis A, Ueyama H, Kuno T, Asleh R, Alvarez P, Malik AH Tags: Eur J Intern Med Source Type: research