Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2873947 The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
Long-term outcomes are generally not affected by the status 1A listing criteria for patients bridged to transplant with LVADs. However, the subset of patients with device infection had worse 1-year and 10-year posttransplant survival. Bridge to transplant patients, despite serious device-related complications, still have excellent transplant outcomes.
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