Reply to “Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices, Beyond just Bridging to Heart Transplantation”
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Sleeve Gastrectomy and Left Ventricular Assist Device for Heart Transplant
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Heart failure (HF) is a severe obesity-related comorbidity. Many patients with end-stage HF eventually require cardiac transplantation for long-term survival. These patients may be precluded from enrollment in heart transplant programs secondary to morbid obesity. We propose a pathway involving sleeve gastrectomy (SG) for patients with morbid obesity and HF to afford c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Obesity Surgery
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0960-8923,1708-0428
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-020-05020-2