Outcomes in patients with smaller body surface area after HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device implantation.

Ezequiel J MolinaSara AhmedAmiti JainPhillip H LamSriram RaoMichael HocksteinAjay KadakkalMark HofmeyerMaria E RodrigoSamer S NajjarFarooq H Sheikh

Published in: Artificial organs (2021)

These findings demonstrate comparable outcomes in patients with small body size and suggest that this parameter should not be an exclusion criterion on patients who are otherwise candidates for HM3 LVAD implantation.

Keyphrases

left ventricular assist device
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
metabolic syndrome
patient reported outcomes