Single-center experience of LVAD implantation in patients with
sickle-cell trait: a retrospective analysis
Authors: Khalid Al Khamees1*MD, Elena
Grasso1,3*MD, Ahmed Ibrahim2 MD,
Ph.D., Hassane Abdallah1 MD, Mohammed
Ibrahim1 MD, Omer Sayin5 MD, Roberto
Lorusso3.4MD, Ph.D.
*Equally contributors
Authors’ affiliations
1 Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center-
AlHassa, Saudi Arabia
2 Department Research& Biostatistics, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center-
AlHassa, Saudi Arabia
3 Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Department, Heart & Vascular Centre,
Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), Maastricht, The
Netherlands
4 Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht, The
Netherlands
5. Istanbul University,Istanbul Medical Faculty, Dep. Of Cardiovascular
Surgery
Address for correspondence
Elena Grasso, M.D.
Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery, PSCCH
Al Hofuf Saudi Arabia
Email: elenagrasso@yahoo.it
Tel. 0039 3470638450