Young Patients With Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy Have Higher Likelihood of Left Ventricular Recovery During Left Ventricular Assist Device Support

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• 作者：Daniel J. Goldstein ; MD¹ ; ^{dgoldste@montefiore.org} ; Simon Maybaum ; MD¹ ; Thomas E. MacGillivray ; MD² ; Stephanie A. Moore ; MD² ; Roberta Bogaev ; MD³ ; David J. Farrar ; PhD⁴ ; O. Howard Frazier ; MD³ ; HeartMate II Clinical Investigators
• 关键词：Heart failure ; LVAD ; myocardial recovery
• 刊名：Journal of Cardiac Failure
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：162_10719164
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：May, 2012
• 卷：18
• 期：5
• 页码：392-395
• 文件大小：175 K

摘要

Background

Recovery of ventricular function during left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support allowing device explantation occurs infrequently. We explored the hypothesis that certain patient profiles are more likely to exhibit LV recovery during LVAD support.

Methods and Results

A retrospective analysis of data from the HeartMate II bridge to transplant (BTT) and destination therapy (DT) trials was conducted, including 490 BTT, 600 DT, and 18 compassionate-use patients. Of the 1,108 patients, 20 (1.8%; 10 BTT, 10 DT) were explanted owing to LV recovery. The median age was 33 years, and 12 patients (60%) were <40 years of age. History of heart failure was <1 year for 11 patients (61%), and the primary etiology was nonischemic (90%). Of the patients with nonischemic etiologies and <1-year history of heart failure, 13%were explanted. Three patients required LVAD reimplantation; of the remaining 17, 16 remain alive. At follow-up (median 510 days), the mean ejection fraction was 42%(20%-67%) and the mean left ventricular end-diastolic diameter was 55聽卤聽8 mm. At the 2-year follow-up (n聽= 13), patients were New York Heart Association functional class I or II and overall survival rate was 85 卤 11%.

Conclusions

The results of this study suggest that LV recovery is most likely to occur in young patients (<40 years) with nonischemic cardiomyopathy of <1 year duration. Two-year postexplant survival was excellent.