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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Card Fail. 2016 Jun 8;22(10):808–814. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2016.06.002

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics Stratified by Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Type

Characteristics All Patients (n = 57) HM2 (n = 44) HVAD (n = 13) P Value
General characteristics
 Age, y, mean ± SD 58.1 ± 11.5 59.4 ± 11.1 53.3 ± 11.8 .09
 Male, % 71.9 72.7 69.2 1.0
 Origin of cardiomyopathy, % .53
  Ischemic 50.9 47.7 61.5
  Nonischemic 49.1 52.3 38.5
LVAD characteristics
 Duration of LVAD, mo, mean ± SD 18.4 ± 19.0 20.4 ± 20.1 11.8 ± 12.8 .15
 Destination, %: .03
  BTT 28.1 20.5 53.8
  DT 71.9 79.5 46.2
 Average speed, rpm, mean ± SD NA 9158 ± 392 2695 ± 134 <.0001
Medical history, %
 Hypertension 61.4 65.9 46.1 .21
 Hyperlipidemia 43.9 40.9 53.8 .53
 Atrial fibrillation 26.3 31.8 7.7 .15
 DM 38.6 34.1 53.8 .22
 COPD 14.0 15.9 7.7 .67
 PAD 10.5 9.1 15.4 .61
 CVA, % 22.8 18.2 38.4 .15
 Prior sternotomy 22.8 18.2 38.4 .15

HM2, Heartmate II; HVAD, Heartware HVAD; BTT, bridge to transplant; DT, destination therapy; DM, diabetes mellitus; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PAD, peripheral artery disease; CVA, cardiovascular accident;