Impact of Annual Hospital Volume on Outcomes after Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Implantation in the Contemporary Era
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- 作者：Neeraj Shah ; MD ; MPH1 ; neerajshah86@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Ankit Chothani ; MD2 ; Vratika Agarwal ; MD3 ; Abhishek Deshmukh ; MD4 ; Nileshkumar Patel ; MD5 ; Jalaj Garg ; MD1 ; Apurva Badheka ; MD6 ; Matthew Martinez ; MD ; FACC1 ; Nauman Islam ; MD ; FACC1 ; Ronald Freudenberger ; MD ; FACC1
- 关键词：Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) ; continuous flow devices ; annual hospital volume
- 刊名：Journal of Cardiac Failure
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：March 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：22
- 期：3
- 页码：232-237
- 全文大小：173 K
文摘
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Increased annual hospital left ventricular assistive device (LVAD) implantation volume predicts decreased in-hospital mortality and length of stay.
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An optimal volume threshold of 20 or more LVAD implantations per year is associated less than 10% in-hospital mortality.
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Improved outcomes at high-volume centers may be due to early identification of patients, and better surgical, techniques, postoperative care and long-term follow-up.