Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in obese patients with ventricular assist devices: a data note.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Patients with end-stage heart failure (ESHF) treated with ventricular assist devices (VADs) tend to gain weight after implantation, which is associated with higher complication rates and is a contraindication for heart transplantation (HT). The objective was to analyze the outcomes of obese patients with ESHF and VADs who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, which is the only program performing VADs and HT in the State of Louisiana, and also one of the largest VAD centers in the USA.

Data description

This dataset contains detailed baseline, perioperative, and long-term data of patients with VADs undergoing LSG. These variables were collected retrospectively from electronic medical records. Patients who achieved

SUBMITTER: daSilva-deAbreu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7496210 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature