Brain atrophy in heart failure patients following left ventricular assist device implantation or heart transplantation

Brain atrophy in heart failure patients following left ventricular assist device implantation or heart transplantation

Advanced heart failure is associated with accelerated brain atrophy, largely related to chronic cerebral malperfusion. Both heart transplantation (HT) and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation improve vital organ perfusion, but the comparative effect on brain atrophy remains unclear. Gi...

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Main Authors: D.Alan Herbst, MD, Banafsheh Shakibajahromi, MD, Michael V. Genuardi, MD, Amit Iyengar, MD, Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton, PhD, H. Branch Coslett, MD, Pavan Atluri, MD, Christopher G. Favilla, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-02-01
Series:JHLT Open
Subjects:
LVAD
Heart transplant
Brain atrophy
Heart failure
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950133425000060
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