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Sleeve Gastrectomy and Left Ventricular Assist Device for Heart Transplant

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Heart failure (HF) is a severe obesity-related comorbidity. Many patients with end-stage HF eventually require cardiac transplantation for long-term survival. These patients may be precluded from enrollment in heart transplant programs secondary to morbid obesity. We propo...

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Autores principales: Greene, Joseph, Tran, Tung, Shope, Timothy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5610117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28951657
http://dx.doi.org/10.4293/JSLS.2017.00049