Heart Transplant vs Left Ventricular Assist Device in Heart Transplant-Eligible Patients

Background Patients listed for heart transplant have a prolonged wait time, with continued deterioration, poor quality of life, and 10% mortality. Although recent bridge to transplant (BTT) studies demonstrated 1-year survival similar to heart transplantation, doubt remains about overall effectivene...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2011-05, Vol.91 (5), p.1330-1334
Hauptverfasser:	Williams, Matthew L., MD, Trivedi, Jaimin R., MD, MPH, McCants, Kelly C., MD, Prabhu, Sumanth D., MD, Birks, Emma J., MD, Oliver, Laurie, RN, Slaughter, Mark S., MD
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Analysis of Variance Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiothoracic Surgery Cohort Studies Disease-Free Survival Emergency and intensive cardiocirculatory care. Cardiogenic shock. Coronary intensive care Female Follow-Up Studies Heart Failure - mortality Heart Failure - surgery Heart Transplantation - mortality Heart Transplantation - statistics & numerical data Heart-Assist Devices - adverse effects Heart-Assist Devices - statistics & numerical data Hospital Mortality - trends Humans Intensive care medicine Kaplan-Meier Estimate Length of Stay Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Patient Selection Pneumology Postoperative Complications - mortality Postoperative Complications - physiopathology Reoperation Risk Assessment Surgery Survival Analysis Time Factors Treatment Outcome United States Waiting Lists
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