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Bariatric surgery in obese patients with ventricular assist devices.

Adrian daSilva-deAbreuBader Aldeen AlhafezYuhamy Curbelo-PenaCarl J LavieHector O VenturaJuan Francisco Loro-FerrerStacy A Mandras
Published in: BMC research notes (2020)
These data include baseline, periprocedural, and long-term outcomes for the 29 patients meeting selection criteria. The composite outcome includes reaching a BMI < 35 kg/m2, listing for HT, receiving HT, and myocardial recovery, indicating significant BMI loss associated with major ESHF outcomes. As multiple centers are becoming more experienced in this field, the present data can be merged with their databases to form larger samples that will allow to perform further statistical analysis to identify outcome predictors and improve clinical protocols and outcomes.
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