Table 1.

Demographics and patients' characteristics

VAD	Age (years)	Pathology	comorbidities	day of admission
VAD1	52	MI	none	day 2
VAD2	43	MI	hypertension	day 29
VAD3	25	OHCA + MI	none	day 25
VAD4	35	OHCA	hypertension	day 7
VAD5	63	OHCA	hypertension	day 25
Control
C1	64	MI	none	day 5
C2	65	MI	hypertension	day 4
C3	69	OHCA + MI	hypertension	day 3
C4	55	OHCA	hypertension	day 3
C5	50	OHCA	hypertension	day 2

MI: Myocardial infarct; OHCA: Out of hospital cardiac arrest;