Outcomes in patients with anthracycline‐induced cardiomyopathy undergoing left ventricular assist devices implantation
Guha A, Caraballo C, Jain P, Miller PE, Owusu‐Guha J, Clark KAA, Velazquez EJ, Ahmad T, Baldassarre LA, Addison D, Weintraub NL, Desai NR. Outcomes in patients with anthracycline‐induced cardiomyopathy undergoing left ventricular assist devices implantation. ESC Heart Failure 2021, 8: 2866-2875. PMID: 33982867, PMCID: PMC8318466, DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.13362.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnthracycline-induced cardiomyopathyIschemic cardiomyopathyCardiomyopathy patientsCF-LVADICM patientsLeft ventricular assist device implantationContinuous-flow LVAD implantationHigher major bleeding riskVentricular assist device implantationEnd-stage heart failureMechanically Assisted Circulatory SupportCox proportional hazards modelCF-LVAD implantationAcute kidney injuryMajor bleeding riskAssist device implantationEtiology of cardiomyopathyProportional hazards modelBleeding riskKidney injuryInteragency RegistryLVAD implantationMajor infectionMedian survivalRespiratory supportImpact of the new heart allocation policy on patients with restrictive, hypertrophic, or congenital cardiomyopathies
Chouairi F, Mullan CW, Sen S, Mori M, Fuery M, Elder RW, Lesse J, Norton K, Clark KA, Miller PE, Mulligan D, Formica R, Rogers JG, Jacoby D, Maulion C, Anwer M, Geirsson A, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Impact of the new heart allocation policy on patients with restrictive, hypertrophic, or congenital cardiomyopathies. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0247789. PMID: 33651802, PMCID: PMC7924739, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247789.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital heart diseaseAllocation system changeHeart allocation systemNew heart allocation policyNew heart allocation systemTransplantation of patientsOrgan Sharing databasePost-transplantation outcomesPost-transplant survivalTime of transplantationMechanical circulatory supportRate of transplantationNumber of patientsHeart allocation policyNew allocation systemStatus 1ACardiac transplantAdult patientsSharing databaseWaitlist survivalCirculatory supportClinical benefitCongenital cardiomyopathyUnited NetworkCHD patients