Hospital readmissions after discharge to home with the Total Artificial Heart Freedom driver: Readmission reasons, clinical outcomes, and health care costs

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2016 Feb;35(2):251-2. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.10.031. Epub 2015 Oct 29.

Authors

Mohammed A Quader¹, Andrew J Green¹, Keyur B Shah², Richard Cooke², Vigneshwar Kasirajan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Cardio-thoracic Surgery.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Pauley Heart Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.

PMID: 26586490
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.10.031

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Heart, Artificial*
Humans
Middle Aged
Patient Discharge*
Patient Readmission / economics*
Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data
Treatment Outcome