EFFICACY OF LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES OR INOTROPES FOR BRIDGING PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION TO HEART TRANSPLANTATION

Effects of left ventricular assist devices on outcomes in patients undergoing heart transplantation.

BACKGROUND Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are increasingly being used to "bridge" patients to heart transplantation. METHODS Data from 40 consecutive status 1 heart transplantation patients treated with intravenous inotrope therapy (n = 20) or the HeartMate LVAD (n = 20) were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS Baseline clinical characteristics were similar in the two groups. At the ...

Left Ventricular Assist Devices.

Three-year outcomes with left ventricular assist devices in country with restricted heart transplantation

Background/Introduction As a consequence of limited donor availability, there has been a growing interest for alternative strategies, such as left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) as either a bridge to transplantation (BTT) or as destination therapy (DT) for the treatment of the advanced heart failure. The heart transplant program in Kazakhstan is in a nascent stage and therefore patients that...

LVAD: Left ventricular assist devices for end-stage heart failure.

Heart failure affects more than 5 million Americans with approximately 200,000 patients in end-stage disease that has failed traditional treatment. Historically, the only option for treatment was a heart transplant until left ventricular assist devices offered another option.

Long-term continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) as bridge to heart transplantation.

Heart transplantation (HTx) is the treatment of choice for end-stage heart failure but the limited availability of heart's donors still represents a major issue. So long-term mechanical circulatory support (MCS) has been proposed as an alternative treatment option to assist patients scheduled on HTx waiting list bridging them for a variable time period to cardiac transplantation-the so-called b...