Late Aortic Insufficiency Related to Poor Prognosis During Left Ventricular Assist Device Support Koichi Toda, MD, PhD, Tomoyuki Fujita, MD, Keitaro Domae, MD, Yusuke Shimahara, MD, Junjiro Kobayashi, MD, PhD, Takeshi Nakatani, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 92, Issue 3, Pages 929-934 (September 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.115 Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier overall survival curves are shown for patients with (AI+, thin line) and without (AI–, heavy line) de novo aortic insufficiency (AI) after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 929-934DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.115) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Freedom from death while remaining on left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support is shown in patients with (AI+, thin line) and without (AI–, heavy line) de novo aortic insufficiency (AI). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 929-934DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.115) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions