Low Left Ventricular Stroke Work Index is Associated with a Poor Prognosis in LVAD Patients

Hemocompatibility-related adverse events (HRAE) are thought to be largely driven by the pump-patient interaction. We hypothesized that patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) with low left ventricular stroke work index (LVSWI), and thus less native contribution to total flow, would have more adverse clinical outcomes.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 20, 2021 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: A.J. Kanelidis, T. Miller, M. Belkin, U. Siddiqi, D. Rogers, N. Uriel, T. Song, T. Ota, S. Kalantari, N. Sarswat, A. Nguyen, B.B. Chung, G. Kim, B. Smith, V. Jeevanandam, S. Pinney, J. Grinstein Tags: (226) Source Type: research