Heart transplantation versus left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy or bridge to transplantation for 1-year mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Theochari CA, Michalopoulos G, Oikonomou EK, Giannopoulos S, Doulamis IP, Villela MA, Kokkinidis DG. Heart transplantation versus left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy or bridge to transplantation for 1-year mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals Of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018, 7: 3-11. PMID: 29492379, PMCID: PMC5827119, DOI: 10.21037/acs.2017.09.18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDestination therapyLate mortalityVentricular assist deviceHeart transplantationAssist deviceAvailable studiesSystematic reviewAdvanced heart failure patientsLVAD destination therapyHeart failure patientsCochrane CENTRAL databasesMeta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelinesPreferred Reporting ItemsRandom-effects modelBTT-LVADCause mortalityFailure patientsMortality benefitAdvanced HFInvasive managementOptimal treatmentDT LVADPooled estimatesHTxReporting Items