title: Long-term follow-up of patients treated with an implantable left ventricular assist device as an extended bridge to heart transplantation.
abstract: 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.
authors: Linköping Heart Center, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden. bengt.peterzen@lio.se
authors: Bengt
authors: B
authors: Peterzé
authors: Urban
authors: U
authors: Lönn
authors: Kjell
authors: K
authors: Jansson
authors: Hans
authors: H
authors: Rutberg
authors: Henrik
authors: H
authors: Casimir-Ahn
authors: Eva
authors: E
authors: Nylander
mesh_terms: 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