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Heart failure reversal by ventricular unloading in patients with chronic cardiomyopathy: criteria for weaning from ventricular assist devices.

Michael M Dandel, Yuguo Y Weng, Henryk H Siniawski, Alexander A Stepanenko, Thomas T Krabatsch, Evgenij E Potapov, Hans B HB Lehmkuhl, Christoph C Knosalla, and Roland R Hetzer

Eur Heart J 32(9):1148-60 (2011) PMID 20929978

Unloading-promoted reversal of heart failure (HF) allows long-term transplant-free outcome after ventricular assist device (VAD) removal. However, because few patients with chronic cardiomyopathy (CCM) were weaned from VADs (the majority only recently), the reliability of criteria used for weaning decisions to predict long-term post-weaning success is barely known. After 15 years of weaning experience, we assessed this issue.

DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq353
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