Bariatric surgery in obese patients with ventricular assist devices

Bariatric surgery in obese patients with ventricular assist devices

Abstract Objectives Patients with end-stage heart failure (ESHF) treated with ventricular assist devices (VADs) tend to gain weight, which may prevent them from receiving heart transplantation (HT) if their body mass index (BMI) reaches ≥ 35 kg/m2. The objective was to synthesize all cases available...

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Main Authors: Adrian daSilva-deAbreu, Bader Aldeen Alhafez, Yuhamy Curbelo-Pena, Carl J. Lavie, Hector O. Ventura, Juan Francisco Loro-Ferrer, Stacy A. Mandras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Heart-assist devices
Ventricular assist devices
Bariatric surgery
Sleeve gastrectomy
Gastric bypass
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-020-05221-z

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