Quality of Life After Removal of Left Ventricular Assist Device for Myocardial Recovery
In: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation, Jg. 27 (2008), Heft 2, S. 165-172
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Background: Longer term quality of life (QOL) outcome in patients who have had a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) explanted due to myocardial recovery (bridge to recovery, BTR) remains uncertain. This study evaluates the QOL of those patients and compares them to bridge-to-transplant (BTT) and transplanted (Tx) patients. Methods: Anonymized QOL Short Form (SF>36 questionnaires were sent to a total of 72 patients, including: 14 BTR patients (3.6 ± 1.9 years since LVAD removal); 29 BTT patients (3.3 ± 2.3 years since transplantation); and 29 Tx patients (3.8 ± 0.6 years since transplantation). Results: Questionnaires were returned by 78.6%, 79.3% and 56.7% of patients from the BTR, BTT and Tx groups, respectively. In all but two of the domains of the SF-36 questionnaire, scores were significantly better in the BTR group compared with the BTT and Tx groups. Analysis of the two main dimensions and the total SF-36 score between the three groups showed that: (i) physical health dimension tended to be better in BTR (71.9 ± 21) vs BTT (64.5 ± 23.2) and Tx (41.4 ± 48) groups (p = not statistically significant [NS]); (ii) mental health dimension was better in both BTR (78 ± 16.1) and BTT (71.4 ± 21.1) groups compared with the Tx group (39.4 ± 44, p < 0.05); and (iii) total SF-36 score was significantly higher in the BTR and BTT groups compared with the Tx group (76.8 ± 17.6 and 69 ± 21.1 vs 41.4 ± 48, p = NS). Conclusions: BTR patients appear to have better QOL than both BTT and Tx patients. In addition, BTT patients seem to have a better QOL compared with Tx patients, suggesting that placement of ventricular assist devices could improve the physiologic outcome for transplanted patients.
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Quality of Life After Removal of Left Ventricular Assist Device for Myocardial Recovery
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | GEORGE, Robert S ; YACOUB, Magdi H ; BOWLES, Christopher T ; HIPKIN, Mandy ; ROGERS, Paula ; HALLAS, Claire ; BANNER, Nicholas R ; DREYFUS, Gilles ; KHAGHANI, Asghar ; BIRKS, Emma J |
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Zeitschrift: | The Journal of heart and lung transplantation, Jg. 27 (2008), Heft 2, S. 165-172 |
Veröffentlichung: | New York, NY: Elsevier Science, 2008 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
Umfang: | print, 23 ref |
ISSN: | 1053-2498 (print) |
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