Table 3.

Intraoperative data stratified to cfLVAD flow profiles generated by the cfLVAD

	Axial flow (n=122)	Centrifugal flow (n=72)	Centrifugal flow with artificial pulse (n=95)	P-value
Skin-to-skin time (min)	232 [200–288]	234 [197–285]	226 [196–259]	0.45
Bypass time (min)	107 [91–129]	107 [85–149]	111 [93–130]	0.87
Red blood cells (units)	0 [0–2]	0 [0–2]	0 [0–0]	0.01
Thrombocytes (units)	0 [0–1]	1 [0–1]	0 [0–1]	0.40
Fresh Frozen Plasma (units)	2 [0–4]	2 [0–3]	2 [0–2]	0.12
Total number of units of blood	2.5 [0–5]	3 [0–5]	2 [0–4]	0.05
Cell Saver (ml)	480 [200–748]	480 [200–748]	500 [400–750]	0.06
Milrinone	116 (95.1%)	63 (87.5%)	86 (90.5%)	0.16
Dobutamine	110 (90.2%)	68 (94.4%)	81 (85.3%)	0.15
Noradrenaline	117 (95.9%)	70 (97.2%)	95 (100%)	0.15
Dopamine	26 (21.3%)	1 (1.4%)	3 (3.2%)	n.s.
Nitric Oxide	102 (83.6%)	59 (81.9%)	67 (70.5%)	< 0.05

Values are mean ± standard deviation or numbers with percentages. n.s. no statistics performed (for example, because of too little numbers)