Table 1.

Demographics of the LVAD cohort and controls.

	LVAD	Control
n	15	8
Age (years)	47 ± 12	44 ± 16
Male (%)	73	50
Ischemic (%)	33	not applicable
lVEF	0.19 ±−0.08
PCWP (mmHg)	27 ± 6
PA mean (mmHg)	37 ± 8
Cardiac index (L/min)	2.1 ± 0.6
IABP (%)	40
RVAD (%)	40
Duration of lVAD (days)	89 ± 66