The impact of left ventricular size on outcomes after centrifugal-flow left ventricular assist device implantation.

Ezequiel J Molina Amiti JainSara AhmedPhillip LamSriram D RaoMichael HocksteinAjay KadakkalMark HofmeyerMaria RodrigoJiLing Chou Samer S Najjar Farooq H Sheikh

Published in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2021)

In patients receiving a centrifugal-flow LVAD, smaller preoperative LVEDD (≤59 mm) was associated with lower survival and higher incidence of adverse outcomes.

Keyphrases

left ventricular assist device
left ventricular
risk factors
heart failure
patients undergoing
acute myocardial infarction
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
cardiac resynchronization therapy
aortic stenosis
left atrial
percutaneous coronary intervention