Rescue extracorporeal life support as a bridge to durable left ventricular assist device
CONCLUSION: The concept of bridging patients presenting in end-stage heart failure and cardiogenic shock with ECLS prior to durable LVAD implantation is a feasible method to ensure acceptable survival rates and significant recovery of the end-organ function.PMID:34674570 | DOI:10.1177/03913988211053874
Source: The International Journal of Artificial Organs - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Alina Zubarevich Konstantin Zhigalov Marcin Szczechowicz Arian Arjomandi Rad Robert Vardanyan Saeed Torabi Maria Papathanasiou Peter Luedike Achim Koch Nikolaus Pizanis Markus Kamler Bastian Schmack Arjang Ruhparwar Alexander Weymann Source Type: research
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