Left Ventricular Functional Improvement is Associated With Lower Morbidity and Mortality During Long-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support: An STS Intermacs Analysis.
Heart patients with mechanical pumps who show heart function improvement face better long-term survival and fewer complications.
This PubMed-indexed study examined bACKGROUND: A subset of patients with advanced heart failure (HF) supported with durable left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) demonstrate significant improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), but the impact of. The abstract reports higher post-implant LVEF was independently associated with improved survival and fewer HF-related events.
What the study was
- Study design
- Observational/Journal Article
- Category
- Public Health
- Maturity
- Exploratory
- Journal
- Journal of cardiac failure
Why it surfaced
Conservative triage based on the PubMed abstract: observational/journal article with direct watchlist relevance; score reflects metadata and abstract-level evidence only.
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