Bariatric surgery in obese patients with ventricular assist devices.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Patients with end-stage heart failure (ESHF) treated with ventricular assist devices (VADs) tend to gain weight, which may prevent them from receiving heart transplantation (HT) if their body mass index (BMI) reaches ≥ 35 kg/m². The objective was to synthesize all cases available in the literature and describe the most important outcomes of bariatric surgery (BS) in VAD patients, including BMI trends, reaching a BMI < 35 kg/m², listing for HT, achieving HT, myocardial recovery, and mortality. These data were obtained for an individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis and include available IPD for every case in the scientific literature describing VAD patients undergoing BS during VAD support with documented postoperative BMI (and time of measure

SUBMITTER: daSilva-deAbreu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7427728 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature