Hospital Readmission in Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Patients Compared to Patients Receiving Intravenous Inotropic Therapy

Purpose null Patients with advanced heart failure (HF) have improved survival with LVADs. Some patients receive intravenous, continuous milrinone as support prior to transplant. Hospital readmission are frequent events in patients with HF. There is little data on hospital readmissions with LVAD compared to milrinone. The aim of our study was to compare the readmission and HF exacerbation rates for milrinone patients compared to LVAD patients....