Table 4. Causes of death in the two cohorts.
| Characteristics | Deaths | Survival in days |
|---|---|---|
| number, number (%)* or median [IQR] | ||
| Cohort without rsEMB (n = 64) | 53 (83) | 10 [4–35]# |
| Cause of death (1-year follow-up) | ||
| Cerebral hemorrhage/infarction | 3 (5) | 5, 12, 28 |
| Perioperative death | 12 (19) | 1 [0.75–1] |
| Ventricular fibrillation | 2 (3) | 7, 43 |
| Sepsis | 19 (30) | 35 [11–54] |
| Right heart failure | 10 (16) | 10 [9–20.5] |
| Multiple organ failure | 3 (5) | 4, 10, 20 |
| Graft failure | 2 (3) | 14, 42 |
| Unkown | 1 | 64 |
| HIT | 1 | 9 |
| Cohort with rsEMB (n = 218) | 7 (3) | 185 [155–311] |
| Cause of death (1-year follow-up) | ||
| Sepsis | 3 | 126, 184, 336 |
| Malignancy | 1 | 183 |
| Fatal Bleeding | 1 | 96 |
| Sudden cardiac death | 2 | 285, 355 |
* Deviation from 100% due to rounding.
# Median survival of the 53 patients who did not survive until the first EMB.