Preoperative patient optimization using extracorporeal life support improves outcomes of INTERMACS Level I patients receiving a permanent ventricular assist device†

Fifth INTERMACS annual report: Risk factor analysis from more than 6,000 mechanical circulatory support patients

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Emergency circulatory support in refractory cardiogenic shock patients in remote institutions: a pilot study (the cardiac-RESCUE program)

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ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2012: The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure 2012 of the European Society of Cardiology. Developed in collaboration with the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC

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Have Changes in ECMO Technology Impacted Outcomes in Adult Patients Developing Postcardiotomy Cardiogenic Shock?

(2012) Julie A. Pokersnik et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY

Liver dysfunction as a predictor of outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure requiring ventricular assist device support: Use of the Model of End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) and MELD eXcluding INR (MELD-XI) scoring system

(2012) Jonathan A. Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Clinical outcome of mechanical circulatory support for refractory cardiogenic shock in the current era

(2012) Hiroo Takayama et al.   JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Long-term mechanical circulatory support (destination therapy): On track to compete with heart transplantation?

(2012) James K. Kirklin et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Advanced Refractory Shock in Acute and Chronic Cardiomyopathy

(2011) Christian A. Bermudez et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score Predicts Left Ventricular Assist Device Operative Transfusion Requirements, Morbidity, and Mortality

(2010) Jennifer C. Matthews et al.   CIRCULATION

Clinical management of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices in advanced heart failure

(2010) Mark S. Slaughter et al.   JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Early and late outcomes of 517 consecutive adult patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock

(2010) Ardawan Julian Rastan et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Outcomes of elective versus emergent permanent mechanical circulatory support in the elderly: A single-center experience

(2009) Alexander Stepanenko et al.   JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION