Sunita R. Jha, M. Hannu, Phillip J. Newton, Kay Wilhelm, Christopher S. Hayward, Andrew Jabbour, Eugene Kotlyar, Anne Keogh, K. Dhital, Emily Granger, M. Connellan, P. Jansz, Phillip Spratt, E. E. MONTGOMERY, Angela Smith, M. Harkess, Peta Tunicliff, Patricia M. Davidson, Peter S. Macdonald

doi:10.1097/txd.0000000000000690

Reversibility of Frailty After Bridge-to-Transplant Ventricular Assist Device Implantation or Heart Transplantation

Sunita R. Jha, M. Hannu, Phillip J. Newton, Kay Wilhelm, Christopher S. Hayward, Andrew Jabbour, Eugene Kotlyar, Anne Keogh, K. Dhital, Emily Granger, M. Connellan, P. Jansz, Phillip Spratt, E. E. MONTGOMERY, Angela Smith, M. Harkess, Peta Tunicliff, Patricia M. Davidson, Peter S. Macdonald

Transplantation Direct · 2017

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Summary

Frail patients with advanced heart failure experience increased mortality and morbidity after surgical intervention with BTT-VAD or HTx. Among those who survive frailty is partly or completely reversible underscoring the importance of considering this factor as a dynamic not fixed entity.

Source type: Peer-reviewed study
DOI: 10.1097/txd.0000000000000690
Catalogue ID: SNmohbauw6-lip343

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