… mortality, the rate of which may be greater in stroke patients. Our finding of an elevated risk
of in-hospital mortality after stroke in VAD patients is … reduced survival in patients with LVAD-…

… In addition, patients who require hemodialysis, intubation, or … of early mortality.8, 15 We
hypothesized that in older patients, … of in-hospital mortality compared with younger patients. We …

… was to analyze early mortality after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD) …
Continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are increasingly used for treating patients …

… -hospital mortality we observed in ESRD patients … mortality are markedly lower than the
36-fold higher mortality with ESRD reported in that study, which included postdischarge mortality, …

… of patients die in the ICU,9 we chose all-cause ICU mortality as the primary endpoint in this
study and 90-day mortality as the secondary endpoint. The all-cause ICU mortality rate in this …

… ) with all-cause mortality; (2) patients aged >18 years; and (3) … assist devices or biventricular
assist devices). Studies were excluded if (1) outcome was different from all-cause mortality…

… shown to have the greatest procedural mortality. … device demonstrated a 30-day mortality
rate of 19% and 1-year actuarial survival of 53% compared with the isolated HMII BTT mortality …

… frequent sequelae of ventricular assist device placement and occur in … device and confer
substantial morbidity and mortality. Here, we provide an introduction to ventricular assist devices…

… Although ventricular assist devices may improve mortality and quality of life among patients
with heart … This article provides an overview of ventricular assist devices, their benefits, and …

… of mortality in patients receiving LVADs following the introduction of newer-… devices, and
we also sought to evaluate if the predicted mortality reduction anticipated with these devices is …