Reoperative sternotomy is associated with increased early mortality after cardiac transplantation | Zendy

Andrea L. Axtell | Zendy; Amy G. Fiedler | Zendy; Gregory D. Lewis | Zendy; Serguei Melnitchouk | Zendy; George Tolis | Zendy; David A. D’Alessandro | Zendy; Mauricio A. Villavicencio | Zendy

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Reoperative sternotomy is associated with increased early mortality after cardiac transplantation

Author(s) -

Andrea L. Axtell,

Amy G. Fiedler,

Gregory D. Lewis,

Serguei Melnitchouk,

George Tolis,

David A. D’Alessandro,

Mauricio A. Villavicencio

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezy443

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confidence interval , retrospective cohort study , heart transplantation , surgery , ventricular assist device , transplantation , proportional hazards model , cohort , median sternotomy , cardiology , heart failure

Outcomes of cardiac transplantation in patients undergoing reoperative sternotomy are often worse than primary transplants. However, the risks imposed by a prior sternotomy, left ventricular assist device (LVAD) or retransplantation have not been independently analysed.

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