Publications by authors named "Anouck Zurbuchen"
Article Synopsis
- Nearly half of heart transplant candidates now use continuous-flow mechanical circulatory support (CF-MCS) before surgery due to longer waiting times and health deterioration risks.
- A Swiss study analyzed heart transplant outcomes from 2008-2020, focusing on whether patients with CF-MCS had different post-transplant mortality rates and rejection scores compared to those without.
- Results showed no significant differences in post-transplant outcomes between those with CF-MCS and those who underwent direct transplantation, despite CF-MCS patients having worse pre-transplant health indicators.
Background: Heart transplantation remains the most durable treatment for patients with end-stage heart failure refractory to medical treatment. Central elements of the listing criteria for heart transplantation have remained largely unchanged in the last three decades whereas treatment of heart failure has significantly increased survival and reduced disease-related symptoms. It remains unknown whether the improvement of heart failure therapy changed the profile of heart transplantation candidates or affected post-transplant survival.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The present study aimed to determine whether whole-body fat oxidation and muscle deoxygenation kinetics parameters during exercise were related in individuals with different aerobic fitness levels.
Methods: Eleven cyclists [peak oxygen uptake ( ): 64.9 ± 3.