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Comorbidities and Biomarkers Vary between United States and Japanese LVAD Patients
Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) outcomes differ between Japan and US. While GI bleeding is common in US and rare in Japan, stroke and driveline infections are more common in Japan than US. The aim of this study was to explore whether inflammatory and angiogenesis biomarkers can explain these differences.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 16, 2019 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: T. Imamura, A. Nguyen, D. Nitta, T. Fujino, L. Holzhauser, D. Rodgers, S. Kalantari, B. Smith, J. Raikhelkar, N. Narang, B. Chung, I. Ebong, C. Juricek, P. Combs, D. Onsager, T. Song, T. Ota, V. Jeevanandam, G. Kim, G. Sayer, M. Ono, N. Uriel Tags: 1065 Source Type: research