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Bridge from Central Extracorporeal Life Support to Durable LVAD in Acute Heart Failure Elevates a Risk of Stroke Long-Term
This study aimed to review outcomes of this bridge strategy from central ECLS to durable LVAD, as compared to those of primary LVAD implantation.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 20, 2021 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: K. Tonai, S. Fukushima, N. Tadokoro, N. Fukushima, T. Fujita Tags: (994) Source Type: research

Outpatient Cardiac Palliative Care Reduces Healthcare Utilization
The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association have put forth statement recommending early and continuous access to palliative care for patients with heart disease. There is a national shortage of palliative care providers, and often outpatient palliative care clinics are not profitable to institutions with billing alone. However, early integration of palliative care has been proven to improve the quality of life of patients with advanced heart failure. Other studies have suggested that general palliative care has cost savings to hospital systems.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2020 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: T.A. Barrett Tags: (907) Source Type: research

First Human Implantation of A Miniaturized Axial Flow Ventricular Assist Device in a Child with End-Stage Heart Failure
Small children with end-stage heart failure who require left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support to heart transplant have limited device options leading to high morbidity and mortality and chronic hospitalization until transplant.1,2 The only FDA-approved durable LVAD for children is a paracorporeal pulsatile device that carries a high stroke risk and lacks portability precluding hospital discharge.1 Temporary paracorporeal continuous flow (CF) devices have also been used off-label for bridge-to-transplant but carry higher mortality, require lengthy paracorporeal cannulas prone to circuit thrombus, and typically requi...
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - September 10, 2019 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Antonio Amodeo, Sergio Filippelli, Gianluigi Perri, Roberta Iacobelli, Rachele Adorisio, Francesca Iodice, Alessandra Rizza, M. Patricia Massicotte, J. Timothy Baldwin, Christopher S.D. Almond Tags: Case Anecdotes, Comments and Opinions Source Type: research