Bridge or Burden? Heart Transplant Outcomes Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Explant in the Contemporary Allocation Era.
BACKGROUND Whether left ventricular assist device (LVAD) explant during heart transplantation confers additional risk remains unsettled in the contemporary allocation era. METHODS Heart transplant recipients at a single center (January 2020-December 2024) were retrospectively reviewed. Patients undergoing multi-organ...