Effect of obesity on outcomes in patients who undergo implantation of a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device

Nastasya Volkovicher^{1

2}, Chitaru Kurihara^{3

4

5}, Andre C Critsinelis^{1

2}, Masashi Kawabori^{1

2}, Tadahisa Sugiura^{1

2}, Marcos A Manon 2nd^{1

2}, Andrew B Civitello^{1

2}, Jeffrey A Morgan^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Transplant and Assist Devices, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
² Department of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and the Center for Cardiac Support, Texas Heart Institute, Cooley 355N, 6770 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
³ Division of Cardiothoracic Transplant and Assist Devices, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. chitaru1207@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and the Center for Cardiac Support, Texas Heart Institute, Cooley 355N, 6770 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. chitaru1207@gmail.com.
⁵ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan. chitaru1207@gmail.com.
⁶ Division of Cardiothoracic Transplant and Assist Devices, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. jeffrey.morgan@bcm.edu.
⁷ Department of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and the Center for Cardiac Support, Texas Heart Institute, Cooley 355N, 6770 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. jeffrey.morgan@bcm.edu.

Comment

Nastasya Volkovicher et al. J Artif Organs. 2018 Sep.

. 2018 Sep;21(3):397.

doi: 10.1007/s10047-018-1054-1. Epub 2018 Jun 27.

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Transplant and Assist Devices, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
² Department of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and the Center for Cardiac Support, Texas Heart Institute, Cooley 355N, 6770 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
³ Division of Cardiothoracic Transplant and Assist Devices, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. chitaru1207@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and the Center for Cardiac Support, Texas Heart Institute, Cooley 355N, 6770 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. chitaru1207@gmail.com.
⁵ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan. chitaru1207@gmail.com.
⁶ Division of Cardiothoracic Transplant and Assist Devices, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. jeffrey.morgan@bcm.edu.
⁷ Department of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and the Center for Cardiac Support, Texas Heart Institute, Cooley 355N, 6770 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. jeffrey.morgan@bcm.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Body mass index (BMI); Heart failure; Left ventricular assist device (LVAD); Obesity.

Comment on

Effect of obesity on outcomes in patients undergoing implantation of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices.
Volkovicher N, Kurihara C, Critsinelis A, Kawabori M, Sugiura T, Manon M 2nd, Civitello AB, Morgan JA. Volkovicher N, et al. J Artif Organs. 2018 Jun;21(2):180-187. doi: 10.1007/s10047-017-1013-2. Epub 2018 Jan 25. J Artif Organs. 2018. PMID: 29372417