Igor Gosev, Duc Thinh Pham, John Y Um, Anelechi C Anyanwu, Akinobu Itoh, Kunal Kotkar, Koji Takeda, Yoshifumi Naka, Matthias Peltz, Scott C Silvestry, Gregory Couper, Marzia Leacche, Vivek Rao, Benjamin Sun, Ryan J Tedford, Nahush Mokadam, Robert McNutt, Daniel Crandall, Mandeep R Mehra, Christopher T Salerno
OBJECTIVES: The HeartMate 3 (HM3) left ventricular assist device (LVAD) provides substantial improvement in long-term morbidity and mortality in advanced heart failure patients. The SWIFT study compares thoracotomy-based implantation clinical outcomes with standard median sternotomy. METHODS: We conducted a prospective, multicenter, single-arm study in patients eligible for HM3 implantation with thoracotomy-based surgical technique (bilateral thoracotomy or partial upper sternotomy with left thoracotomy)...
February 15, 2024: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery