Obese Patients and Mechanical Circulatory Support: Weight Loss, Adverse Events, and Outcomes Firas Zahr, MD, Elizabeth Genovese, MS, Michael Mathier, MD, Michael Shullo, PharmD, Kathleen Lockard, RN, Rachelle Zomak, BSN, Dennis McNamara, MD, Yoshiya Toyoda, MD, Robert L. Kormos, MD, Jeffrey J. Teuteberg, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 92, Issue 4, Pages 1420-1426 (October 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.085 Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Survival after mechanical circulatory support. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 1420-1426DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.085) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Change in body mass index after mechanical circulatory support (MCS) by preimplant category of body mass index. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 1420-1426DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.085) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Survival after transplant: nonobese versus obese. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 1420-1426DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.085) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Change in weight after mechanical circulatory support (MCS) and cardiac transplantation (xplant): nonobese versus obese. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 1420-1426DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.085) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions