1. Should Patients 60 Years and Older Undergo Bridge to Transplantation With Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices? 
Jeremiah G. Allen, MD, Arman Kilic, MD, Eric S. Weiss, MD, MPH, George J. Arnaoutakis, MD, Timothy J. George, MD, Ashish S. Shah, MD, John V. Conte, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 94, Issue 6, Pages (December 2012)
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2. Fig 1
Number of heart transplantations performed during the study period in patients 60 years of age or older, stratified by bridge-to-transplantation modality (percentages of orthotopic heart transplantations [OHTs] in this population by modality also shown) (UNOS data, December 2010). (LVAD = left ventricular assist devices.)
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3. Fig 2
Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival for heart transplant recipients 60 years of age or older, stratified by bridge-to-transplantation modality (UNOS data, December 2010). (LVAD = left ventricular assist device.)
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4. Fig 3
Conditional Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival, censoring for deaths in the first 30 days after transplantation for heart transplant recipients 60 years of age or older stratified by bridge-to-transplantation modality (UNOS data, December 2010). (LVAD = left ventricular assist device.)
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