Decoupling Between Diastolic Pulmonary Artery Pressure and Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure as a Prognostic Factor After Continuous Flow Ventricular Assist Device Implantation [Original Articles]

Conclusions:
The presence of inappropriate decoupling was associated with worse outcomes in patients with LVADs. Prospective, large-scale multicenter studies to validate the result are warranted.

Source: Circulation: Heart Failure - September 14, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Imamura, T., Chung, B., Nguyen, A., Rodgers, D., Sayer, G., Adatya, S., Sarswat, N., Kim, G., Raikhelkar, J., Ota, T., Song, T., Juricek, C., Kagan, V., Jeevanandam, V., Mehra, M., Burkhoff, D., Uriel, N. Tags: Heart Failure Original Articles Source Type: research