Journal Pre-proof Bridging INTERMACS 1 patients from VA-ECMO to LVAD via Impella 5.0: De-escalate and ambulate Letizia F. Bertoldi, Federico Pappalardo, Edith Lubos, Hanno Grahn, Meike Rybczinski, Markus J. Barten, Luca Bertoglio, Benedikt Schrage, Dirk Westermann, Elisabetta Lapenna, Hermann Reichenspurner, Alexander M. Bernhardt PII: S0883-9441(19)31374-7 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.12.028 Reference: YJCRC 53458 To appear in: Journal of Critical Care Received date: 5 September 2019 Revised date: 25 December 2019 Accepted date: 31 December 2019 Please cite this article as: L.F. Bertoldi, F. Pappalardo, E. Lubos, et al., Bridging INTERMACS 1 patients from VA-ECMO to LVAD via Impella 5.0: De-escalate and ambulate, Journal of Critical Care(2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.12.028 This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2020 Published by Elsevier.