Gupta S, et al. - Researchers investigated if early readmission (within 30 days) after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation influences long-term survival by retrospectively studying the records of 277 adults who underwent continuous-flow LVAD implantation from 2005 through 2015 at their institution. Patients who were vs were not readmitted within 30 days after LVAD implantation were assessed regarding baseline features and the cardiac transplant rate. Thirty-day readmission after LVAD implantation was common among the study patients and was linked with increased mortality. Among the 217 bridge-to-transplant patients, the two groups were comparable in terms of the cardiac transplant rate at 18.7 transplants per patient-year among those who were readmitted within 30 days vs 19.7 transplants per patient-year among those who were not.