Survival on the Heart Transplant Waiting List: Impact of Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device as Bridge to Transplant Jaimin R. Trivedi, MD, MPH, Allen Cheng, MD, Ramesh Singh, MD, Matthew L. Williams, MD, Mark S. Slaughter, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 98, Issue 3, Pages 830-834 (September 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.05.019 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Survival between HeartMate II (HM II) and non–left ventricular assist device (LVAD) groups in unmatched cohort. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 830-834DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.05.019) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Distribution of newly listed patients in HeartMate II (HM II) and non– left ventricular assist device (LVAD) groups by listing year. (MCS = mechanical circulatory support.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 830-834DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.05.019) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Annual mortality rate on waiting list by listing year. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 830-834DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.05.019) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Survival between HeartMate II (HM II) and non–left ventricular assist device (LVAD) groups in propensity-matched cohort. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 830-834DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.05.019) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions