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Currently, we use the Nipro paracorporeal VAD (p-VAD) for initial short-term ventricular support, as a bridge to decision (BTD) or a bridge to candidacy (BTC) treatment, in Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS) levels 1 and 2 patients. However, it is possible that compared to patients with primary implantable-VADs (P-iVAD), the bridge-to-bridge (BTB) patients are more likely to develop complications. This retrospective study used data from 24 consecutive BTB patients who were initially implanted with Nipro p-VAD as BTD or BTC treatments between April 2011 and March 2016, and subsequently underwent conversion to an i-VAD. The data from 72 patients who underwent a primary i-VAD (P-iVAD) procedure were used for comparison. Between the two groups, there was no significant difference in the incidence of infectious events (p = 0.72) or stroke (p = 0.44). Orthotropic heart transplantation was performed in 6 of the 24 patients in the BTB group and in 21 of the 72 patients in the P-iVAD group. The 1- and 2-year survival rates were 95.8% and 95.8% in the BTB group and 91% and 85.8% in the P-iVAD group; these values were not significantly different between groups (p = 0.91). Based on these results we conclude that BTB using Nipro p-VAD is a reasonable strategy for treating patients with severe decompensated end-stage heart failure.
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Yoshitake, S., Kinoshita, O., Nawata, K. et al. Single-center experience of the bridge-to-bridge strategy using the Nipro paracorporeal ventricular assist device. J Artif Organs 21, 405–411 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10047-018-1053-2
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