2021
Changes in Use of Left Ventricular Assist Devices as Bridge to Transplantation With New Heart Allocation Policy
Mullan CW, Chouairi F, Sen S, Mori M, Clark KAA, Reinhardt SW, Miller PE, Fuery MA, Jacoby D, Maulion C, Anwer M, Geirsson A, Mulligan D, Formica R, Rogers JG, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Changes in Use of Left Ventricular Assist Devices as Bridge to Transplantation With New Heart Allocation Policy. JACC Heart Failure 2021, 9: 420-429. PMID: 33714748, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2021.01.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDonor heart allocation systemNumber of patientsHeart allocation systemVentricular assist deviceWaitlist survivalAssist deviceNew heart allocation policyLeft ventricular assist deviceAllocation system changePost-transplant mortalityOrgan Sharing databaseOutcomes of patientsPost-transplantation outcomesProportion of patientsTime of transplantContinuous-flow LVADPost-transplantation survivalHeart allocation policyNew allocation systemBaseline recipientStatus 1AHeart transplantationIschemic timeLVAD implantationTransplant list
2013
Successful Abdominal Organ Donation after Brain Death in a Patient with a Biventricular Assist Device: Extending Extended Criteria
Carpenter S, Steidley D, Douglas D, Reddy K, Mulligan D, Lanza L, Moss A. Successful Abdominal Organ Donation after Brain Death in a Patient with a Biventricular Assist Device: Extending Extended Criteria. Open Journal Of Organ Transplant Surgery 2013, 2013: 32-35. DOI: 10.4236/ojots.2013.32006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnd-organ functionMechanical circulatory supportBiventricular assist deviceBrain deathAssist deviceAdequate end-organ functionOngoing mechanical circulatory supportProfound cardiogenic shock refractoryIntra-aortic balloon pumpLeft ventricular assist deviceMELD exception scoreStatus 1 patientsExcellent graft functionCardiogenic shock refractoryAcute myocardial infarctionPolycystic liver diseaseVentricular assist deviceGraft functionBalloon pumpHeparin dripShock refractoryBypass graftLiver diseaseCirculatory supportCerebellar hemorrhage