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Left Ventricular Assist Device and Bariatric Surgery: A Bridge to Heart Transplant by Weight and Waiting Time Reduction
Author(s) -
Jeng Eric I.,
Aranda Juan M.,
Ahmed Mustafa,
Klodell Charles T.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12688
Subject(s) - medicine , bridge (graph theory) , surgery , reduction (mathematics) , cardiology , mathematics , geometry
Obesity poses significant challenges in advanced heart failure patients who otherwise meet criteria for listing for heart transplant. We present a patient who underwent bariatric surgery while on LVAD support that subsequently lost weight and was successfully bridged to heart transplantation. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12688 (J Card Surg 2016;31:120–122)