Comparable Rates of Severe Primary Graft DysfunctionAfter Heart Transplantation in Recipients With Prior LVAD or Other Cardiac Surgery: The Burden of Surgical Reentry.
INTRODUCTION The use of durable left ventricular assist device (dLVAD) as a bridge to heart transplantation (HTx) is a risk factor for severe primary graft dysfunction (sPGD). Whether the intrinsic properties of the device itself, or mediastinal reentry at the time of HTx, are responsible for this deadly complication r...