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Case report on PWC of a competitive cyclist before and after heart transplant

Patterson, Jeremy A.; Pitetti, Kenneth H.; Young, Kaelin C.; Goodman, William F.; Farhoud, Hussam (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007-09)

It has been well documented that for heart transplant recipients (HTR), posttransplantation physical work capacity (PWC) normally does not exceed 60% of the value for healthy age-matched controls. Few, if any, studies have ...
Exercise capacity in an individual with LVAD explantation without heart transplantation

Patterson, Jeremy A.; Amick, Ryan Zackary; Farhoud, Hussam H. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010-07)

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have become a viable treatment alternative to heart transplantation, in some instances providing for a level of improvement of native heart function to allow for device explantation. ...