Reversibility of Frailty After Bridge-to-Transplant Ventricular Assist Device Implantation or Heart Transplantation

Reversibility of Frailty After Bridge-to-Transplant Ventricular Assist Device Implantation or Heart Transplantation

Background. We recently reported that frailty is independently predictive of increased mortality in patients with advanced heart failure referred for heart transplantation (HTx). The aim of this study was to assess the impact of frailty on short-term outcomes after bridge-to-transplant ventricular a...

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Main Authors: Sunita R. Jha, BMed Sci (Hons), Malin K. Hannu, BMed Sci (Physio) M Occ Ther, Phillip J. Newton, RN, PhD, Kay Wilhelm, MBBS, MD, FRANZCP, Christopher S. Hayward, MBBS, MD, Andrew Jabbour, MBBS, PhD, Eugene Kotlyar, MD, Anne Keogh, MD, Kumud Dhital, FRACS, PhD, Emily Granger, FRACS, Mark Connellan, MBBCh, FCCardio, MMed, FRACS, Paul Jansz, FRACS, PhD, Phillip M. Spratt, MBBS, FRCS, FRACS, Elyn Montgomery, RN, Angela Smith, RN, Michelle Harkess, MCN, Peta Tunicliff, RN, Patricia M. Davidson, RN, PhD, Peter S. Macdonald, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-07-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000690

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