Abstract:Background: Myocardial recovery with Left ventricular assistant device (LVAD) therapy is dichotomous with some patients obtaining remission from end-stage heart failure whereas most require transplantation or remain on pump support long term. Our goal was to determine transcriptional and free radical responses to LVAD treatment. Methods: Tissues were collected from patients before and after LVAD placement in non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy patients (n=14) along with controls (n=3). RNA sequencing (RNASeq)… Show more
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