Todd Massey

TL;DR: The incidence of right ventricular failure in patients with a HeartMate II ventricular assist device is comparable or less than that of patients with pulsatile-flow devices and might benefit from preoperative optimization of right heart function or planned biventricular support.

TL;DR: From the Department of Cardiology, St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana; Division of Cardiac Surgery, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; and the department of cardiology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.

TL;DR: Findings suggest that surgeons who are inexperienced with the off-pump techniques are more likely to perform this surgery on Black patients, and the agenda addressing racial disparities should be expanded.

TL;DR: Right Ventricular Failure (RVF) in Patients with Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD)

TL;DR: Although the recipient outcome was poor, and retransplantation was eventually necessary, it is believed it was most likely not attributable to the quality of organ preservation, and the technical aspects of this potentially beneficial procedure are discussed.