Persistence of pulmonary hypertension in patients undergoing ventricular assist devices and orthotopic heart transplantation

Persistence of pulmonary hypertension in patients undergoing ventricular assist devices and orthotopic heart transplantation

Abstract Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is common in advanced heart failure and often improves quickly after left ventricular assist device (VAD) implantation or orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT), but long‐term effects and outcomes are not well‐described. This study evaluated PH persistence after...

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Main Authors: Arun Rajaratnam, Ameen El‐Swais, Charles McTiernan, Floyd W. Thoma, Moaaz O. Baghal, Kristen Raffensperger, Chung‐Chou H. Chang, Gavin W. Hickey, Faraaz A. Shah, Imad Al Ghouleh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-10-01
Series:Pulmonary Circulation
Subjects:
orthotopic heart transplantation
pulmonary hypertension
right ventricular function
ventricular assist devices
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/pul2.12296

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https://doi.org/10.1002/pul2.12296

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