TABLE 2.
Postoperative course, overall and according to 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) | ||
| Follow‐up (years) | 4.5 (3.7) | 4.4 (0.8‐8.4) | 3.6 (1.7) | 3.7 (2.4‐5.1) | 3.8 (4.5) | 1.1 (0.6‐9.3) | 6.3 (3.2) | 7.1 (4.9‐8.8) | .32 |
| Time to transplantation (months) | 6.7 (11.1) | 3.1 (0.9‐8) | 8.6 (6.9) | 8.6 | 3.9 (3.7) | 3.4 (0.4‐6.6) | 9.8 (17.8) | 1.5 (0.9‐17.7) | .64 |
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prolonged mechanical ventilation | 16 | 67 | 5 | 83 | 9 | 82 | 2 | 29 | .058 |
| Major infection | 9 | 38 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 43 | .65 |
| Surgical revision for bleeding | 9 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 55 | 3 | 43 | .090 | |
| Neurological event | 8 | 33 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 55 | 1 | 14 | .21 |
| Acute kidney injury | 6 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 14 | .59 |
| Multiorgan failure | 4 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 0 | .12 | ||
| Other complication | 2 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .28 | |
| Reintervention | 8 | 33 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 29 | .74 |
| Discharged home on PAB/mechanical support | 8 | 33 | 5 | 83 | 0 | 3 | 43 | .001 | |
| Early death | 4 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | .30 |
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.