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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2022 Feb 1;35(1):42–47. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000001077

Table 1

Allocation Tiers Description
1 • VA-ECMO
• Non-dischargeable BiVAD
• MCS with arrhythmia
2 • Dischargeable RVAD/BiVAD
• Non-dischargeable LVAD
• IABP or other percutaneous MCS
• MCS with malfunction
3 • Continuous IV inotrope with hemodynamic monitoring
• 30-day exception time for LVAD
• MCS with complication
4 • Continuous IV inotrope without hemodynamic monitoring
• Stable LVAD
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
• Re-transplant
5 • Multi-organ transplant
6 • All other candidates