Posttransplant Outcomes Among Septuagenarians Bridged to Transplantation With Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices Shinichi Fukuhara, MD, Koji Takeda, MD, PhD, Alexander Blair, MS, Paul A. Kurlansky, MD, Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD, Yoshifumi Naka, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 103, Issue 1, Pages 41-48 (January 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.006 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Cohort derivation. (CF-LVAD = continuous-flow left ventricular assist device.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 41-48DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.006) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier curves for 90-day and 3-year survival, with 95% confidence interval (CI [blue shading indicates age 70+ years; red shading indicates ages 18 to 69, 18 to 59, or 18 to 59 years]). Septuagenarians (blue lines) versus patients aged 18 to 69 years (red line): (A) unadjusted and (D) propensity-matched. Septuagenarians (blue line) versus patients aged 18 to 59 years (red line): (B) unadjusted and (E) propensity-matched. Septuagenarians (blue line) versus patients aged 60 to 69 years (red line): (C) unadjusted and (F) propensity-matched. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 41-48DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.006) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Posttransplant outcomes among septuagenarians, with 95% confidence interval (CI [blue shading indicates no assistance; red shading indicates some assistance; green shading indicates total assistance]). (A) Kaplan-Meier curves among septuagenarians stratified by functional status at time of transplant: 1, no assistance (blue line); 2, some assistance (red line); and 3, total assistance (green line). (B) Posttransplant follow-up functional status among 3-year survivors. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 41-48DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.006) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions