ArticleCirculation. Heart failure2020
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Bridging to Heart Transplantation: Impact of the 2018 Allocation Change.
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- Complications and Status Upgrades among Adult Heart Transplant Candidates with Durable LVADs: Waiting 6 to 8 Years for Status Escalation Is Too Long.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Differences in wait-list mortality: Temporary vs durable circulatory support devices.JHLT open · 2025Article
- National Organ Procurement and Transplant Network Heart Allocation Policy: 6 Years Later.Circulation. Heart failure · 2025Review
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of bridge-to-transplantation temporary mechanical circulatory support versus non-bridged heart transplantation.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support for Acute Myocardial Infarction Cardiogenic Shock.Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal · 2025Review
- The Management of Cardiogenic Shock From Diagnosis to Devices: A Narrative Review.CHEST critical care · 2024Article
- Bridging Over Troubled Waters-How the United States 2018 Heart Allocation System Altered Transplant Bridging Strategies.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- Axillary mechanical circulatory support improves renal function prior to heart transplantation in patients with chronic kidney disease.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- A case of ultra-prolonged intra-aortic balloon pump support via sheathless femoral access.European heart journal. Case reports · 2023Article
- Thoracic Aortic Injuries Following Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Placement: A Retrospective Case Series.Critical care explorations · 2023Article
- Impact of the 2018 UNOS Heart Transplant Policy Changes on Patient Outcomes.JACC. Heart failure · 2023Review
- The Accuracy of Initial U.S. Heart Transplant Candidate Rankings.JACC. Heart failure · 2023Article
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- Bridging strategies and cardiac replacement outcomes in patients with acute decompensated heart failure-related cardiogenic shock.European journal of heart failure · 2023Article
- UNOS policy change benefits high-priority patients without harming those at low priority.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2022Article
- Recovery With Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support While Waitlisted for Heart Transplantation.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study evaluates the impact of the 2018 allocation policy change on outcomes of orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) in patients bridged with intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABPs).
methodsAdult (≥18 years) patients undergoing OHT between 2013 and 2019 who were bridged with an IABP were stratified based on temporal relation to the policy change. Univariate analysis was used to compare baseline characteristics and postoperative outcomes. Multivariate Cox regression analysis was used to estimate risk-adjusted predictors of post-transplant mortality.
resultsA total of 1342 (8.6%) OHT patients were bridged with an IABP during the study period. Rates of bridging with IABP to OHT increased significantly after the policy change (7.0% versus 24.9%,
conclusionsIABP utilization has increased over 3-fold since the 2018 policy change with improved waitlist outcomes and comparable post-OHT survival. Thus, bridging patients to OHT with IABPs appears to be an effective strategy in the current era.
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