Open AccessImprovements in Functional Status Among Survivors of Orthotopic Heart Transplantation Following High-risk Bridging Modalities
Author(s) -
Lauren V. Huckaby,
Gavin Hickey,
Ibrahim Sultan,
Arman Kilic
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000003602
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricular assist device , heart transplantation , transplantation , bridging (networking) , context (archaeology) , destination therapy , heart failure , cardiology , surgery , computer network , paleontology , computer science , biology
The 2018 heart allocation change has resulted in greater frequency of high-risk bridging to orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT). Although survival has been studied in these patients, functional status outcomes are less established. This study evaluated changes in functional status of OHT survivors based on bridging strategy.