Optimal timing for heart transplantation in patients bridged with left ventricular assist devices: Is timing of the essence? Chase R. Brown, MD, Fabliha Khurshan, BA, Zehang Chen, BA, BSN, Peter W. Groeneveld, MD, Fenton McCarthy, MD, MS, Michael Acker, MD, J. Eduardo Rame, MD, Nimesh Desai, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 157, Issue 6, Pages 2315-2324.e4 (June 2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.12.118 Copyright © 2019 Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flow chart of patient inclusion and exclusion criteria. BTT, Bridged to transplant; LVAD, left ventricular assist device. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 2315-2324.e4DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.12.118) Copyright © 2019 Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Survival after heart transplantation based on bridge to transplant (BTT) duration with a left ventricular assist device. The 95% confidence intervals for survival can be found in Table E1. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 2315-2324.e4DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.12.118) Copyright © 2019 Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Hazard ratio for mortality after heart transplantation based on bridge to transplant duration with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 2315-2324.e4DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.12.118) Copyright © 2019 Terms and Conditions
Figure E1 A histogram of patients bridged to transplant with a left ventricular assist device. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 2315-2324.e4DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.12.118) Copyright © 2019 Terms and Conditions
Risk of death after heart transplant based on bridge to transplant duration with an LVAD. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 2315-2324.e4DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.12.118) Copyright © 2019 Terms and Conditions
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 2315-2324 The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 2315-2324.e4DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.12.118) Copyright © 2019 Terms and Conditions