Axillary mechanical circulatory support improves renal function prior to heart transplantation in patients with chronic kidney disease.

ABSTRACT: Impaired kidney function is often associated with acute decompensation of chronic heart failure and portends a poor prognosis. Unfortunately, current data have demonstrated worse survival in patients with acute kidney injury than in patients with chronic kidney disease during durable LVAD placement as bridge therapy. Furthermore, end-stage heart failure patients undergoing combined heart-kidney transplantation have poorer short- and long-term survival than heart transplants alone. We evaluated the kidney function recovery in our heart failure population awaiting heart transplantation at our institution, supported by temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support (tMCS) with Impella 5.5. The protocol (#22004000) was approved by the Mayo Clinic institutional review board, after which we performed

SUBMITTER: Jang JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10640571 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature