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Adverse events of HF patients after HeartMate II, Jarvik and HeartWare HVAD implantation
| Adverse events | Pre-implant HF patients (n=26) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| HeartMate II (n =8) | Jarvik (n =9) | HeartWare (n =9) | |
| Non-surgical bleeding | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Major infections | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Stroke | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| SIRS | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Renal dysfunction | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Respiratory failure | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| RV failure | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| RVAD support required | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Replacement of VADs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Device malfunction | 1 | 0 | 0 |
