A letter to the editor in response to "Association between vasoactive-inotropic score, morbidity and mortality after heart transplantation"

Friedrich Welz^{1

2

3}, Felix Schoenrath^{1

3

4}, Volkmar Falk^{1

3

4

5}, Isabell Anna Just^{1

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Berlin, Germany.
² Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
³ Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁵ ETH Zurich, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Zurich, Switzerland.

Editorial

Friedrich Welz et al. Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2023.

. 2023 Jul 19;37(1):ivad118.

doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivad118.

Friedrich Welz^{1

2

3}, Felix Schoenrath^{1

3

4}, Volkmar Falk^{1

3

4

5}, Isabell Anna Just^{1

3

4}

¹ Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Berlin, Germany.
² Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
³ Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁵ ETH Zurich, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Zurich, Switzerland.

No abstract available

Keywords: Heart transplantation; Intensive care; Mortality; Perioperative treatment; Prognostic score; Vasoactive-inotropic score.

Comment on

Association between vasoactive-inotropic score, morbidity and mortality after heart transplantation.
Tohme J, Lescroart M, Guillemin J, Orer P, Dureau P, Varnous S, Leprince P, Coutance G, Bouglé A. Tohme J, et al. Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2023 Apr 3;36(4):ivad055. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivad055. Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2023. PMID: 37067499 Free PMC article.

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