… assist devices has led to a significant increase in their use, which now exceeds the volume
of heart transplants in the … to be candidates for heart transplantation, previously referred to as …

… devices for cardiac resynchronization therapy have been shown to improve the prognosis of
patients with left ventricular systolic heart … assist device (LVAD) or heart transplantation (HTx)…

… 1 heart transplantation patients has been the placement of left ventricular assist devices (…
have been shown to dramatically improve while awaiting heart transplantation 2, 3, 4. However, …

… Circulatory assist devices as bridge to heart transplantation have become more important …
home after transplantation was determined for the Novacor Left Ventricular Assist System (…

… assist devices in Utrecht as a bridge to heart transplantation. Several types of ventricular
assist devices (… Heart Corporation, Ottawa, Canada) are predominantly used as a bridge to …

… Therefore, we tried to identify a group of patients with end-stage heart disease for whom
heart transplantation is not a therapeutic option as a result of age or comorbidity, and who have …

… The incidence of heart transplant (71.1%) in the patients assisted by LVAD in this study is …
Long-term survival after heart transplant in this study was similar between patients assisted …

… transplantation or permanent mechanical support. Within the next few years, ventricular assist
devices (… , easily surpassing the frequency of heart transplant. Only by understanding the …

… heart transplants from DCD donors following TA-NRP. Currently, DCD heart transplants
account for 30–40% of heart transplant … heart transplant activity by up to 2000 cases annually. …

… curve of survival after heart transplantation, with or without ventricular assist device. Overall
… transplanted after bridge by ventricular assist device (VAD) versus 289 with no assistance. SL…