Left Ventricular Assist Device and Bariatric Surgery: A Bridge to Heart Transplant by Weight and Waiting Time Reduction

J Card Surg. 2016 Feb;31(2):120-2. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12688. Epub 2016 Jan 8.

Abstract

Obesity poses significant challenges in advanced heart failure patients who otherwise meet criteria for listing for heart transplant. We present a patient who underwent bariatric surgery while on LVAD support that subsequently lost weight and was successfully bridged to heart transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bariatric Surgery*
  • Body Mass Index
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Heart-Assist Devices*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Perioperative Care
  • Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Time Factors
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / surgery*
  • Waiting Lists*
  • Weight Loss*