Table 7. Causes of Death.
| Intermacs: June 2006 –March 2009 Primary LVAD: n=1092 | ||||||
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| Primary Cause of Death | Early (≤ 1 mo) | Later (> 1 mo) | Total | |||
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| n | % of 69 | n | % of 122 | n | % of 191 | |
| Cardiac Failure | 21 | 30.4% | 21 | 17.2% | 42 | 22.0% |
| Infection | 6 | 8.7% | 25 | 20.5% | 31 | 16.2% |
| CNS Event | 8 | 11.6% | 19 | 15.6% | 27 | 14.1% |
| Multi-Organ Failure | 11 | 15.9% | 9 | 7.4% | 20 | 10.5% |
| Respiratory Failure | 4 | 5.8% | 6 | 4.9% | 10 | 5.2% |
| Bleeding – Other | 1 | 1.4% | 4 | 3.3% | 5 | 2.6% |
| GI Bleeding | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 1.6% | 2 | 1.0% |
| Surgical Bleeding | 5 | 7.2% | 1 | 0.8% | 6 | 3.1% |
| Device Failure | 0 | 0.0% | 9 | 7.4% | 9 | 4.7% |
| Renal Failure | 3 | 4.3% | 3 | 2.5% | 6 | 3.1% |
| Hepatic Failure | 2 | 2.9% | 1 | 0.8% | 3 | 1.6% |
| Malignancy | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 1.6% | 2 | 1.0% |
| Arterial Embolism | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.8% | 1 | 0.5% |
| Cardiac Tamponade | 1 | 1.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.5% |
| Post Explant Failure to Recover | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.8% | 1 | 0.5% |
| Other | 7 | 10.1% | 18 | 14.8% | 25 | 13.1% |
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| Total | 69 | 100.0% | 122 | 100.0% | 191 | 100.0% |
LVAD, left ventricular assist device; CNS, central nervous system Cardiac Failure includes RV Failure and VT/VF