Increasing Frequency of Left Ventricular Assist Device Exchanges in the United States Fenton H. McCarthy, MD, Dale Kobrin, BA, J. Eduardo Rame, MD, Peter W. Groeneveld, MD, MS, Katherine M. McDermott, BS, Pavan Atluri, MD, Michael A. Acker, MD, Nimesh D. Desai, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 100, Issue 5, Pages 1660-1665 (November 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.072 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier survival estimate shows overall survival by era of left ventricular assist device implantation pre-March 2011 (blue line) and post-March 2011 (red line). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 1660-1665DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.072) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Cumulative incidence of pump exchanges is shown by implantation era of pre-March 2011 (blue line) and post-March 2011 (red line). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 1660-1665DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.072) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Pump exchange rates stratified by implantation era pre-March 2011 (blue) and post-March 2011 (red). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 1660-1665DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.072) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions