@article{Lima_Kherani_Hata_Cheema_Casher_Oz_Rao_Fal_Chen_Morgan_Vigilance_Garrido_Milano_Naka_2006, title={Does A Pre-Left Ventricular Assist Device Screening Score Predict Long-Term Transplantation Success? A 2-Center Analysis}, volume={9}, url={https://journal.hsforum.com/index.php/HSF/article/view/727}, DOI={10.1532/HSF98.20061063}, abstractNote={<p><b>Background.</b> A risk factor summation score was previously validated to successfully predict survival after insertion of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). We investigated whether this scoring system also predicts clinical outcomes after eventual heart transplantation in LVAD recipients.</p><p><b>Methods.</b> A retrospective review was performed on 153 consecutive patients who received an LVAD as a bridge to transplantation at 2 large-volume centers from 1996 to 2003. The scoring system was used to designate low- and high-scoring groups.</p><p><b>Results.</b> Thirty-day mortality and 5-year survival after transplantation were equivalent between groups (4.46% versus 7.32% and 76% versus 70%, respectively). No difference was seen in length of posttransplantation ventilator dependence (2.83 ± 0.49 versus 3.3 ± 0.72 days) or intensive care unit monitoring (6.38 ± 0.77 versus 6.97 ± 1.1 days). However, low-scoring patients had a significantly decreased duration of inotrope support (5.57 ± 0.45 versus 7.74 ± 1.0 days, <i>P</i> = .035).</p><p><b>Conclusion.</b> A risk factor summation score may predict which LVAD patients will require prolonged inotropic support following heart transplantation. However, survival in high-risk (elevated score) LVAD patients following heart transplantation is comparable to low-risk groups, favoring the continued practice of LVAD implantation as a bridge to transplantation even in high-risk patients.</p>}, number={5}, journal={The Heart Surgery Forum}, author={Lima, Brian and Kherani, Aftab R. and Hata, Jonathan A. and Cheema, Faisal H. and Casher, Jennifer and Oz, Mehmet C. and Rao, Vivek and Fal, Jennifer M. and Chen, Jonathan M. and Morgan, Jeffrey A. and Vigilance, Deon W. and Garrido, Mauricio J. and Milano, Carmelo A. and Naka, Yoshifumi}, year={2006}, month={Jul.}, pages={E783-E785} }