Small bowel bleeding in patients with left ventricular assist device: outcomes of conservative therapy versus balloon-assisted enteroscopy
Al-Bawardy B, Schettle SD, Gorospe E, Song L, Pereira NL, Alexander JA, Bruining DH, Coelho-Prabhu N, Fidler JL, Mauermann WJ, Barbara DW, Dierkhising R, Rajan E. Small bowel bleeding in patients with left ventricular assist device: outcomes of conservative therapy versus balloon-assisted enteroscopy. Annals Of Gastroenterology 2018, 31: 692-697. PMID: 30386119, PMCID: PMC6191869, DOI: 10.20524/aog.2018.0316.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBalloon-assisted enteroscopySmall bowel bleedingLeft ventricular assist deviceConservative therapyBAE groupCT groupLVAD patientsVentricular assist deviceGastrointestinal bleedingPacked red blood cell transfusionAssist deviceRed blood cell transfusionRe-bleeding rateFuture prospective trialsBlood cell transfusionCohort of patientsBowel bleedingGIB hospitalizationsLVAD databasePRBC transfusionCause mortalityCell transfusionProspective trialRetrospective reviewSmall bowel