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The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
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April 1, 2020
PURPOSE: Significant tricuspid regurgitation (TR) in patients undergoing durable left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation has been associated with increased incidence of right heart failure (RHF). There is great surgical practice variability rela ...
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The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
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April 1, 2020
PURPOSE: We previously reported that heart transplant (HTx) recipients with pre-formed, anti-HLA antibodies at low titer had one-year survival that was comparable to patients without any anti-HLA antibodies. As a result, we defined unacceptable HLA antigen ...
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The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
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April 1, 2020
PURPOSE: Despite recent advancements in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) technology, there remains a population of patients who experience ongoing signs and symptoms of heart failure during LVAD support. We sought to describe risk factors and outcomes ...
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The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
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April 1, 2020
PURPOSE: In October 2018, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) implemented extensive changes to the adult heart allocation policy. These changes were developed to better stratify medically urgent patients and provide more equitable geographic distri ...
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The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
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April 1, 2020
PURPOSE: The MOMENTUM 3 trial established superiority of a fully magnetically-levitated HeartMate 3 (HM3) centrifugal pump over the axial flow HeartMate II (HMII) pump on hemocompatibility-related outcomes. Infection-related outcomes were no different betw ...
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Clin Transplant
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May 2017
BACKGROUND: Cardiac allografts are routinely evaluated by left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) before and after transplantation. However, myocardial deformation analyses with LV global longitudinal strain (GLS) are more sensitive for detecting impaire ...
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J Heart Lung Transplant
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September 2014
BACKGROUND: Aortic insufficiency (AI) in patients supported with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (CF-LVAD) results in regurgitant volume returning from the aorta to the left ventricle, increased LVAD pump volume and reduced systemic cardiac ...
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