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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023

How to Select Patients for Left Ventricular Assist Devices? A Guide for Clinical Practice.

Daniele Masarone, Brian Houston, Luigi Falco, Maria L Martucci, Dario Catapano, Fabio Valente, Rita Gravino, Carla Contaldi, Andrea Petraio, Marisa De Feo and 2 more

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cardiac index, SvOCritical care (London, England) · 2025
    Trial
  2. Review
  3. Early clinical outcomes and quality of life assessment after HeartMate 3 implantation: A single-centre descriptive study.Journal of critical care medicine (Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Targu-Mures) · 2026
    Article
  4. Review
  5. The Total Artificial Heart: A Historical Perspective.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
    Article
  6. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Daniele MasaroneHeart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, AORN Dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, 84121 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6781-7424
Brian HoustonDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 158155, USA.
Luigi FalcoHeart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, AORN Dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, 84121 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0009-0005-5669-574X
Maria L MartucciHeart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, AORN Dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, 84121 Naples, Italy.
Dario CatapanoHeart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, AORN Dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, 84121 Naples, Italy.
Fabio ValenteHeart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, AORN Dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, 84121 Naples, Italy.
Rita GravinoHeart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, AORN Dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, 84121 Naples, Italy.
Carla ContaldiHeart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, AORN Dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, 84121 Naples, Italy.
Andrea PetraioHeart Transplant Unit, Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplant, AORN Dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, 84121 Naples, Italy.
Marisa De FeoCardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplant, AORN Dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, 84121 Naples, Italy.
Ryan J TedfordDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 158155, USA.
Giuseppe PacileoHeart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, AORN Dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, 84121 Naples, Italy.
Ospedale Monaldi · ITMedical University of South Carolina · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, a significant improvement in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) technology has occurred, and the continuous-flow devices currently used can last more than 10 years in a patient. Current studies report that the 5-year survival rate after LVAD implantation approaches that after a heart transplant. However, the outcome is influenced by the correct selection of the patients, as well as the choice of the optimal time for implantation. This review summarizes the indications, the red flags for prompt initiation of LVAD evaluation, and the principles for appropriate patient screening.

Indexed as

advanced heart failuregolden windowleft ventricular assist devicepatient’s selectionred flags

Identifiers

PMID37629257
PMCPMC10455625
OpenAlexW4385741657

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