Concomitant Cardiac Procedures during Implantation of Long-Term Continuous-Flow LVADs: A European Registry for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support (EUROMACS) Analysis

Purpose There are still discordant data on the effect of concomitant cardiac procedures (CCPs) performed during left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. Methods By investigating on the European Registry for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support (EUROMACS) dataset, we identified 2760 patients (pts) who underwent continuous-flow (CF) long-term LVAD implantation. LVAD implantation was associated with a single CCP in 533 pts...