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. 2014 Oct 30;62(12):734–764. doi: 10.1007/s11748-014-0464-0

Table 5 Assisted circulation (total; 1,875)

Sites VAD Heart–Lung assist
Device Results Method Results
Centrifugal VAS Others Not weaned Weaned PCPS Others Not weaned Weaned
On going Death Transplant Alive Deaths Transplant Deaths Transplant Deaths Alive
Post-cardiotomy
 Left 4 6 3 2 10 (76.9) 0 0 1 (10.0) 0
 Right 3 0 0 0 1 (33.3) 0 2 0 0
Biventricle
 Right 6 1 0 2 5 (71.4) 0 0 0 0 517 70 268 (51.8) 0 99 (19.1) 220
 Left 2 5 0
Congestive heart failure
 Left 23 38 57 70 32 (27.1) 0 8 5 (4.2) 3
 Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Biventricle
 Right 23 6 0 5 18 (62.1) 0 5 1 (9.1) 0 888 68 439 (49.4) 1 139 (15.7) 376
 Left 8 19 2
Respiratory failure 75 51 40 (53.3) 0 15 (20.0) 71
Total 69 75 62 79 66 (32.0) 0 15 7 (3.4) 3 1,480 189 747 (50.4) 2 253 (17.1) 667

Values in parenthesis represent mortality %

VAD ventricular assist device, VAS ventricular assist system, PCPS percutaneous cardiopulmonary support