Cardiac transplant outcome of patients supported on left ventricular assist device vs intravenous inotropic therapy

Joseph C Kim was an author on a paper titled:

Cardiac transplant outcome of patients supported on left ventricular assist device vs intravenous inotropic therapy

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 449-456, April 2001

This study was presented in part at the 19th Scientific Session of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, San Francisco, California, April 1999.

Cardiac Transplant Research Database Research Group

Although the left ventricular assist device (LVAD) has been increasingly used as a bridge to transplant, its effect on post-transplant outcome is uncertain. We, therefore, designed this study using the Cardiac Transplant Research Database to compare patients supported on an LVAD before transplant with those treated with intravenous inotropic medical therapy.