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World J Cardiol. Nov 26, 2015; 7(11): 792-800
Published online Nov 26, 2015. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v7.i11.792
Short and long term outcomes of 200 patients supported by continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices
Athanasios Tsiouris, Gaetano Paone, Hassan W Nemeh, Jamil Borgi, Celeste T Williams, David E Lanfear, Jeffrey A Morgan
Athanasios Tsiouris, Jeffrey A Morgan, Section of Cardiac Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, United States
Gaetano Paone, Hassan W Nemeh, Jamil Borgi, Celeste T Williams, David E Lanfear, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 48201, United States
Author contributions: Tsiouris A was responsible for drafting the manuscript, statistical analysis and study design; Paone G, Nemeh HW, Borgi J, Williams CT, Lanfear DE and Morgan JA provided critical analysis of the results and the manuscript and supervised the project.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Henry Ford Hospital Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: We declare that we have no financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that can inappropriately influence our work, there is no professional or other personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service and/or company that could be construed as influencing the position presented in, or the review of the manuscript.
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Correspondence to: Athanasios Tsiouris, MD, Section of Cardiac Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, Boardman 204, New Haven, CT 06520, United States. athtsiouris@hotmail.com
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Received: June 6, 2015
Peer-review started: June 6, 2015
First decision: August 10, 2015
Revised: September 9, 2015
Accepted: September 29, 2015
Article in press: September 30, 2015
Published online: November 26, 2015
Core Tip

Core tip: In this paper, we report our experience over the last 8 years with implanting continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). The aim of this analysis is to identify common occurring complications after LVAD implantation and identify areas for potential improvement in both patient management and selection. This is the largest single institutional LVAD experience that has been published, to the best of our knowledge.