The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 1 , Pages 169-173, July 2010

The impact of bridge-to-transplant ventricular assist device support on survival after cardiac transplantation

Presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, June 24–27, 2009, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

  • David A. Bull, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: David A. Bull, MD, Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Room 3C127, 30 North 1900 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84132.
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  • Bruce B. Reid, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah
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  • Craig H. Selzman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Rebecca Mesley, BS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Stavros Drakos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah
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  • Steven Clayson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah
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  • Greg Stoddard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Utah Study Design and Biostatistics Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Edward Gilbert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Josef Stehlik, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Feras Bader, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Abdallah Kfoury, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah
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  • Deborah Budge, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah
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  • David D. Eckels, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Anne Fuller, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Dale Renlund, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah
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  • Amit N. Patel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Received 18 June 2009; received in revised form 5 March 2010; accepted 21 March 2010. published online 10 May 2010.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(10)00321-1

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.03.026

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 1 , Pages 169-173, July 2010

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