Long-term follow-up of patients treated with an implantable left ventricular assist device as an extended bridge to heart transplantation.
Four patients were given the TCI implantable left ventricular assist device as a bridge to heart transplantation. The median treatment time was 541 days (range 462 to 873 days), with a total of 2,417 treatment days. The patients were followed with exercise tests and echocardiography 3 to 18 months after implantation. An invasive method was used for quantification of inflow valve incompetence.
Peterzé
Bengt
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Linköping Heart Center, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden. bengt.peterzen@lio.se
Lönn
Urban
U
Jansson
Kjell
K
Rutberg
Hans
H
Casimir-Ahn
Henrik
H
Nylander
Eva
E
D004452:Echocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000628:therapy