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Sixth Annual Pediatric Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support (Pedimacs) Report
CONCLUSIONS: This Sixth Pedimacs Report demonstrates the continued evolution of the pediatric field. The complexity of cardiac physiologies and anatomical constraint mandates the need for multiple types of devices utilized (PC, PP, IC). Detailed analyses of each device type in this report provide valuable information to further advance the care of this challenging and vulnerable population.PMID:36402175 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.10.042
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - November 19, 2022 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Iki Adachi David M Peng Seth A Hollander Kathleen E Simpson Ryan R Davies Jeffrey P Jacobs Christina J VanderPluym Francis Fynn-Thompson Dennis A Wells Sabrina P Law Shahnawaz Amdani Ryan Cantor Devin Koehl James K Kirklin David L S Morales Joseph W Rossa Source Type: research

Twelfth Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support Report: Readmissions after LVAD
Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Jan 7:S0003-4975(22)00007-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.12.011. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe twelfth annual report from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (Intermacs) highlights outcomes for 26,688 continuous-flow LVAD patients over the past decade (2011-2020). In 2020, we observed the largest drop in yearly LVAD implant volumes since the registry's inception, which reflects the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiac surgical volumes in the United States. The 2018 heart transplant allocation policy change in the U.S. ...
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - January 10, 2022 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Palak Shah Melana Yuzefpolskaya Gavin W Hickey Khadijah Breathett Omar Wever-Pinzon Van Khue-Ton William Hiesinger Devin Koehl James K Kirklin Ryan S Cantor Jeffrey P Jacobs Robert H Habib Francis D Pagani Daniel J Goldstein Source Type: research

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs Database Annual Report: Evolving Indications, Outcomes, and Scientific Partnerships.
CONCLUSIONS: With the evolution of MCS, patient phenotype and outcomes are also changing over time. CF LVAD support is increasingly being used in the less ill patient phenotype and more patients are supported for destination therapy. Mean survival is now approaching 5 years, but adverse events, especially neurologic events, continue to have a detrimental impact on the success of CF LVAD support. PMID: 30691584 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - January 31, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Kormos RL, Cowger J, Pagani FD, Teuteberg JJ, Goldstein DJ, Jacobs JP, Higgins RS, Stevenson LW, Stehlik J, Atluri P, Grady KL, Kirklin JK Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research

Outcomes on Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Single Institutional 9-Year Experience.
CONCLUSIONS: These data indicate excellent survival for BTT and DT patients on long-term LVAD support. However, for LVAD therapy to become a plausible alternative to heart transplantation, we need to further decrease the incidence of postoperative complications. PMID: 27173072 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - May 9, 2016 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Morgan JA, Go PH, Xuereb L, Kaur B, Akrawe S, Nemeh HW, Borgi J, Lanfear DE, Williams CT, Paone G Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research