Impact of concomitant cardiac procedures performed during implantation of long-term left ventricular assist devices

Submitted by: Erica CurcioGold Contributor

Source: Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Keywords:

Author(s): Jeffery A. Morgan, Athanasios Tsiouris, Hassan W. Nemeh, Arielle Hodari, Joseph Karam, Robert J. Brewer, Gaetano Paone

The issue of this single center experience was to analyze whether the concomitant cardiac surgery had a negative impact during the implantation and the follow up in patients with long term LVAD. The results are encouraging.

Add Comments

Related Content