Publications by authors named "L V Martinez Dolz"
Background: To analyze the relationship of the antigen carbohydrate 125 (CA125) biomarker with the cellular rejection of the heart graft during the first year after transplantation.
Methods: Retrospective study of consecutive heart transplant (HTx) patients for 1.5 years.
Background: The purpose of the study was to analyze postcardiac transplant complications in patients who received transplants with short-term mechanical ventricular assist devices and to compare complications according to the type of device.
Methods: Ambispective and consecutive study of urgent heart transplants from 2015 to 2019. Pediatric transplants, retransplants, and combined transplants were excluded.
Background: The purpose of this study was to analyze whether the level of IgA is related to right ventricular function and systemic congestion in patients with decompensated heart failure (HF) and reduced ejection fraction (EF).
Methods: This was a consecutive prospective and observational study of hospitalized patients diagnosed with decompensated HF with reduced EF. The recruitment period lasted 2 months.
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 virus that is affecting the entire world population. The objective of this study was to analyze the repercussion of the disease in a group of patients at risk such as heart transplant recipients.
Methods: From February 2020 to February 2021, heart transplant recipients diagnosed with COVID-19 were consecutively included.
Background: The purpose of this study was to compare early and late survival among patients who have undergone heart transplantation (HTx) with a short-term mechanical assist device.
Methods: This was an ambispective, single-center, consecutive study of patients undergoing urgent HTx for 5 years. Pediatric transplants, retransplants, and combined transplants were excluded.