Adult Heart Transplantation Following Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Early and Late Outcomes.

[1]  J. Kobashigawa,et al.  Prevalence of Warfarin Genotype Polymorphisms in Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support , 2015, ASAIO journal.

[2]  J. Kobashigawa,et al.  Prior sternotomy increases the mortality and morbidity of adult heart transplantation. , 2015, Transplantation proceedings.

[3]  F. Ruschitzka,et al.  The impact of pretransplantation urgency status and the presence of a ventricular assist device on outcome after heart transplantation. , 2014, Transplantation proceedings.

[4]  Robert L Kormos,et al.  Sixth INTERMACS annual report: a 10,000-patient database. , 2014, The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation.

[5]  C. Bara,et al.  Acquired von Willebrand syndrome in patients with a centrifugal or axial continuous flow left ventricular assist device. , 2014, JACC. Heart failure.

[6]  L. Baddour,et al.  Clinical manifestations and management of left ventricular assist device-associated infections. , 2013, Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

[7]  Josef Stehlik,et al.  The Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Thirtieth Official Adult Heart Transplant Report--2013; focus theme: age. , 2013, The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation.

[8]  L. Czer,et al.  Antithymocyte globulin induction therapy adjusted for immunologic risk after heart transplantation. , 2013, Transplantation proceedings.

[9]  G. Ewald,et al.  Reoperative sternotomy is associated with increased mortality after heart transplantation. , 2012, The Annals of thoracic surgery.

[10]  A. Rahmel,et al.  The Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: 29th adult lung and heart-lung transplant report-2012. , 2012, The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation.

[11]  Josef Stehlik,et al.  The Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: 29th official adult heart transplant report--2012. , 2012, The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation.

[12]  D. Yuh,et al.  Factors associated with 5-year survival in older heart transplant recipients. , 2012, The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

[13]  J. Pirk,et al.  How does successful bridging with ventricular assist device affect cardiac transplantation outcome? , 2011, Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery.

[14]  F. Oliva,et al.  Orthotopic heart transplantation with donors greater than or equal to 60 years of age: a single-center experience. , 2011, European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery.

[15]  V. Rao,et al.  The effect of ventricular assist devices on long‐term post‐transplant outcomes: a systematic review of observational studies , 2011, European journal of heart failure.

[16]  M. Russo,et al.  Posttransplant survival is not diminished in heart transplant recipients bridged with implantable left ventricular assist devices. , 2009, The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

[17]  R. Patten,et al.  The effect of ventricular assist devices on post-transplant mortality an analysis of the United network for organ sharing thoracic registry. , 2009, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[18]  S. Goland,et al.  Induction therapy with thymoglobulin after heart transplantation: impact of therapy duration on lymphocyte depletion and recovery, rejection, and cytomegalovirus infection rates. , 2007, The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation.

[19]  S. Furukawa,et al.  Infections associated with ventricular assist devices: epidemiology and effect on prognosis after transplantation , 2005, Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society.

[20]  D. Freimark,et al.  Hemodynamics during humoral rejection events with total versus standard orthotopic heart transplantation. , 2004, Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia.

[21]  M. Oz,et al.  Does bridging to transplantation with a left ventricular assist device adversely affect posttransplantation survival? A comparative analysis of mechanical versus inotropic support. , 2003, The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

[22]  Markus J Wilhelm,et al.  Outcome of patients surviving to heart transplantation after being mechanically bridged for more than 100 days. , 2003, The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation.

[23]  B. Coleman,et al.  Biventricular support in patients with profound cardiogenic shock: a single center experience. , 2002, ASAIO journal.

[24]  I. Aleksic,et al.  Heart transplantation with bicaval and pulmonary venous anastomoses. A hemodynamic analysis of the first 117 patients. , 1997, The Journal of cardiovascular surgery.

[25]  D. Freimark,et al.  The duration of administration of monoclonal antibody OKT3 for induction immunosuppression after heart transplantation. , 1997, The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon.

[26]  J. Matloff,et al.  Clinical experience with one hundred consecutive patients undergoing orthotopic heart transplantation with bicaval and pulmonary venous anastomoses. , 1996, The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

[27]  D. Freimark,et al.  Resting hemodynamics after total versus standard orthotopic heart transplantation. , 1996, The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon.

[28]  C. Blanche,et al.  Surgical techniques for cardiac transplantation. , 1996, Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

[29]  D. Freimark,et al.  Improved left atrial transport and function with orthotopic heart transplantation by bicaval and pulmonary venous anastomoses. , 1995, American heart journal.

[30]  J. Crues,et al.  Atrial emptying with orthotopic heart transplantation using bicaval and pulmonary venous anastomoses: a magnetic resonance imaging study. , 1995, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[31]  I. Aleksic,et al.  Technical considerations of a new technique for orthotopic heart transplantation. Total excision of recipient's atria with bicaval and pulmonary venous anastomoses. , 1994, The Journal of cardiovascular surgery.

[32]  R. Nagel,et al.  Shear stress enhances the proteolysis of von Willebrand factor in normal plasma. , 1994, Blood.

[33]  C. Blanche,et al.  Alternative technique for orthotopic heart transplantation. , 1994, The Annals of thoracic surgery.

[34]  J. Vargo,et al.  Features of patients with gastrointestinal bleeding after implantation of ventricular assist devices. , 2015, Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.

[35]  J. Kobashigawa,et al.  Heart transplantation with and without prior sternotomy: analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing database. , 2014, Transplantation proceedings.

[36]  B. Horne,et al.  Effect of mechanical circulatory support on outcomes after heart transplantation. , 2006, The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation.