Simultaneous left ventricular assist device placement and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy as a bridge to transplant for morbidly obese patients with severe heart failure

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Nov;34(11):1489-91. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.06.011. Epub 2015 Jul 4.

LVAD/Sleeve Gastrectomy Collaborative Group:
Shinil K Shah, Peter A Walker, Sheilendra S Mehta, ErikB Wilson, Manish K Patel, Igor D Gregoric, Jayesh A Patel, Sriram S Nathan, Bindu H Akkanti, Rahat Hussain, Indranee N Rajapreyar, Farshad Raissi, Mehmet H Akay, Pranav Loyalka, Biswajit Kar, Kulvinder S Bajwa

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas; Michael E. DeBakey Institute for Comparative Cardiovascular Science and Biomedical Devices, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
² Center for Advanced Heart Failure, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas.
³ Division of Critical Care, Pulmonary and Sleep, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas.
⁴ Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas.

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