Risk of Liver Dysfunction after Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.

CONCLUSIONS: RVSWI, RAP, CPBT, and UF were each more strongly associated with elevated risk of INT-LD after LVAD implant than Tbili. Thus, optimization of right ventricular hemodynamics and minimizing CBPT and UF could potential reduce the risk of LD, but these observations require prospective validation.
PMID: 33058819 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - October 12, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Rosenbaum AN, Ternus BW, Pahwa S, Stulak J, Clavell A, Schettle S, Behfar A, Jentzer JC Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research