TABLE 1.
Preoperative demographic characteristics, overall and according to the initial treatment
| Total (n = 24) | PAB (n = 6) | Berlin Heart (n = 11) | Heartware (n = 7) | P value* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | ||
| Age (years) | 5.3 (5.9) | 1.3 (0.7‐10.7) | 1.1 (1.2) | 0.7 (0.5‐1.6) | 2.5 (3.4) | 1.1 (0.6‐2.4) | 13.3 (2.1) | 14.3 (10.7‐14.7) | .001 |
| Dilated cardiomyopathy | 10.4 (6.1) | 12.5 (3.5‐14.7) | |||||||
| Congenital heart disease | 4.7 (5.4) | 1 (0.4‐10.7) | |||||||
| Myocarditis | 1.2 (1.1) | 0.8 (0.5‐1.4) | |||||||
| Others | 1.6 (1.2) | 1.6 | |||||||
| Body weight (kg) | 19.6 (21) | 8 (6.6‐27) | 7.6 (2.5) | 7.4 (5.6‐9) | 9.1 (6.5) | 7 (4.6‐10.5) | 46.4 (20.9) | 47 (28‐65) | .001 |
| Ejection fraction (%) | 17.3 (8.8) | 15 (10‐25) | 14.5 (5.5) | 12.5 (12.5‐19.5) | 16.5 (10.2) | 15 (5‐25) | 20.9 (8.8) | 24 (11‐30) | .42 |
| INTERMACS | 2.3 (0.9) | 2.5 (1‐2) | 3 (0) | 3 (3‐3) | 1.4 (0.5) | 1 (1‐2) | 3 (0.6) | 3 (3‐3) | .001 |
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 17 | 71 | 4 | 67 | 7 | 64 | 6 | 86 | .73 |
| Heart failure etiology | .001 | ||||||||
| Dilated cardiomyopathy | 8 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 86 | ||
| Congenital heart disease | 7 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 55 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Myocarditis | 7 | 29 | 5 | 83 | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Other | 2 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| ≥2 Inotropes | 19 | 79 | 3 | 50 | 10 | 91 | 6 | 86 | .14 |
| Mechanical support | 8 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 64 | 1 | 14 | .016 | |
| Intubation | 13 | 54 | 4 | 67 | 8 | 73 | 1 | 14 | .058 |
| Neurological compromise | 4 | 17 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 29 | .088 | |
| Acute kidney injury | 4 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 27 | 0 | .33 | |
| Indication to surgery | .27 | ||||||||
| Bridge to transplant | 19 | 79 | 6 | 100 | 9 | 82 | 4 | 57 | |
| Bridge to transplantability | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 29 | ||
| Destination therapy | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; PAB, pulmonary artery banding; SD, standard deviation.
*
P value refers to comparisons of variables between the three groups.
Bold values are to outline the variables.