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1 Obese Patients and Mechanical Circulatory Support: Weight Loss, Adverse Events, and Outcomes 
Firas Zahr, MD, Elizabeth Genovese, MS, Michael Mathier, MD, Michael Shullo, PharmD, Kathleen Lockard, RN, Rachelle Zomak, BSN, Dennis McNamara, MD, Yoshiya Toyoda, MD, Robert L. Kormos, MD, Jeffrey J. Teuteberg, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 92, Issue 4, Pages (October 2011) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Survival after mechanical circulatory support.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Change in body mass index after mechanical circulatory support (MCS) by preimplant category of body mass index. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

4 Fig 3 Survival after transplant: nonobese versus obese.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

5 Fig 4 Change in weight after mechanical circulatory support (MCS) and cardiac transplantation (xplant): nonobese versus obese. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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