Outcomes Associated With Left Ventricular Assist Devices Among Recipients With and Without End-stage Renal Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are widely used both as a bridge to heart transplant and as destination therapy in advanced heart failure. Although heart failure is common in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), little is known about outcomes after LVAD implantation in this population.

Objective

To determine the utilization of and outcomes associated with LVADs in nationally representative cohorts of patients with and without ESRD.

Design, setting and participants

We described LVAD utilization and outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries after ESRD onset (defined as having received maintenance dialysis or a kidney transplant) from 2003 to 2013 based on Medicare claims linked to data from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS), a national

SUBMITTER: Bansal N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5801100 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature