Preimplant Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitor Use Is Associated With Higher Rates of Severe Early Right Heart Failure After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

Gaurav Gulati,E. Wilson Grandin,Kevin Kennedy,Fausto Cabezas,David DeNofrio,Robb D. Kociol,J. Eduardo Rame,Francis D. Pagani,James K. Kirklin,Robert L. Kormos,Jeffrey J. Teuteberg,Michael S. Kiernan

Preimplant Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitor Use Is Associated With Higher Rates of Severe Early Right Heart Failure After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

2019

Gaurav Gulati
E. Wilson Grandin
Kevin Kennedy
Fausto Cabezas
David DeNofrio
Robb D. Kociol
J. Eduardo Rame
Francis D. Pagani
James K. Kirklin
Robert L. Kormos
Jeffrey J. Teuteberg
Michael S. Kiernan

Background Early right heart failure (RHF) occurs commonly in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) recipients, and increased right ventricular (RV) afterload may contribute. Selective pulmonary va...

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Diabetes mellitus
Internal medicine
Vascular resistance
Pulmonary artery
Heart failure
Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor
Ventricular assist device
Medicine
Cardiology
Afterload
Right heart failure

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