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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 e4 (June 2019) DOI: /j.jtcvs Copyright © Terms and Conditions
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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 , e4DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © Terms and Conditions
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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 , e4DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © Terms and Conditions
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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 , e4DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © Terms and Conditions
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Figure E1 A histogram of patients bridged to transplant with a left ventricular assist device. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery , e4DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © Terms and Conditions
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Risk of death after heart transplant based on bridge to transplant duration with an LVAD.
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery , e4DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © Terms and Conditions
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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 2315-2324
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery , e4DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © Terms and Conditions
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