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. 2021 Feb;11(1):148–163. doi: 10.21037/cdt-20-278

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of children with advanced heart failure supported with VAD.

Variable n=148
Age, mean (median, IQR), years 6.1±3.4 (4.4, 0.01–17.8)
Age groups, n (%)
   0–1 41 (27.7)
   >1–5 30 (20.2)
   >5–10 18 (12.1)
   >10–15 34 (23.0)
   >15 25 (17.0)
Gender
   Female 83 (56.0)
   Male 65 (43.9)
Diagnosis
   Dilative cardiomyopathy 76 (51.3)
   Non-compaction cardiomyopathy 1 (0.7)
   Myocarditis 33 (22.2)
   Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy 1 (0.7)
   Post-correction of congenital heart disease 29 (19.6)
   Ischemic heart failure 5 (3.3)
   Tumor 1 (0.7)
   Graft failure 2 (1.3)
Duration of disease before VAD implantation, years 1.59±0.29 (0.33, 1 day – 14 years)
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation prior to VAD 49 (33.1)
ECMO prior to VAD 16 (10.8)
Duration of ECMO (IQR), days 11.4±5.1 [5, 2–57]
Type of support
   Left VAD 92 (62.1)
   Right VAD 1 (0.7)
   Biventricular VAD 55 (37.1)
Duration of VAD support mean (median, IQR), days 88.3±41.6 (23.3, 1–700)