welcomes you to the new, improved website!The authors queried the UNOS heart transplantation database to determine if LVAD device-related complications (DRCs) were associated with worse postoperative graft survival. The 5 categories of DRCs were as follows: device thrombosis, infection, device malfunction, life-threatening arrhythmias, and others.
Results: None of the 5 categories of DRCs was associated with worse graft survival on multivariate analysis.
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Impact of Left-Ventricular Assist Device–Related Complications on Posttransplant Graft Survival
Submitted by: Arie Blitz
Source: Annals of Thoracic Surgery
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Author(s): Dhaval Chauhan, MD, Alexis K. Okoh, MD, Setri Fugar, MD, Rivandra Karanam, MD, David Baran, MD, Mark Zucker, MD, Magarita Camacho, MD, Mark J. Russo, MD
