2019
Clinical Implications of Respiratory Failure in Patients Receiving Durable Left Ventricular Assist Devices for End-Stage Heart Failure
Miller PE, Caraballo C, Ravindra NG, Mezzacappa C, McCullough M, Gruen J, Levin A, Reinhardt S, Ali A, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Clinical Implications of Respiratory Failure in Patients Receiving Durable Left Ventricular Assist Devices for End-Stage Heart Failure. Circulation Heart Failure 2019, 12: e006369. PMID: 31707800, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.119.006369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedDisease ProgressionFemaleFrailtyHealth StatusHeart FailureHeart-Assist DevicesHumansIntubation, IntratrachealLungMaleMiddle AgedProsthesis DesignQuality of LifeRecovery of FunctionRegistriesRespiratory InsufficiencyRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeVentricular Function, LeftConceptsMechanically Assisted Circulatory Support profile 1 patientsVentricular assist device implantationProfile 1 patientsAssist device implantationRespiratory failureInteragency RegistryLVAD implantationCirculatory supportDevice implantationMechanically Assisted Circulatory Support profile 1Right ventricular assist device implantationLeft ventricular assist device implantationAdvanced heart failure patientsEnd-stage heart failureMechanically Assisted Circulatory SupportAdvanced heart failure populationHeart failure populationHeart failure patientsLandmark clinical trialsMechanical circulatory supportContinuous-flow LVADVentricular assist devicePostimplant complicationsFailure patientsLVAD placement
2016
Associations of Preimplant Red Blood Cell Distribution Width with Clinical Outcomes Among Individuals with Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Miller PE, Houston BA, Schneider AL, Bush AL, Whitman GJ, Stevens GR, Tedford RJ, Russell SD. Associations of Preimplant Red Blood Cell Distribution Width with Clinical Outcomes Among Individuals with Left Ventricular Assist Devices. ASAIO Journal 2016, 62: 677-683. PMID: 27798492, DOI: 10.1097/mat.0000000000000431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRed blood cell distribution widthCell distribution widthVentricular assist deviceHeart failureClinical outcomesAssist deviceEnd-stage heart failureDistribution widthPost-LVAD complicationsContinuous-flow LVADProportional hazards modelPostimplant mortalityRDW tertilesGastrointestinal bleedAdverse eventsSecondary outcomesLaboratory variablesLVAD populationFull adjustmentPrognostic abilityHigh riskHazards modelBiologic mechanismsMortalityTertile