Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score Predicts Left Ventricular Assist Device Operative Transfusion Requirements, Morbidity, and Mortality | Zendy

Jennifer Cowger | Zendy; Francis D. Pagani | Zendy; Jonathan W. Haft | Zendy; Todd M. Koelling | Zendy; David C. Naftel | Zendy; Keith D. Aaronson | Zendy

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Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score Predicts Left Ventricular Assist Device Operative Transfusion Requirements, Morbidity, and Mortality

Author(s) -

Jennifer Cowger,

Francis D. Pagani,

Jonathan W. Haft,

Todd M. Koelling,

David C. Naftel,

Keith D. Aaronson

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.108.838656

Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , confidence interval , odds ratio , blood product , model for end stage liver disease , cohort , liver disease , blood transfusion , surgery , liver transplantation , transplantation

The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) predicts events in cirrhotic subjects undergoing major surgery and may offer similar prognostication in left ventricular assist device candidates with comparable degrees of multisystem dysfunction.

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