Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE
Volume 21, Issue 5, Pages 655-662Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.1372
Keywords
Ramp; Heart failure; HeartMate
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [T32 HL007381] Funding Source: Medline
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Aims Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy improves the haemodynamics of advanced heart failure patients. However, it is unknown whether haemodynamic optimization improves haemocompatibility-related adverse events (HRAEs). This study aimed to assess HRAEs in patients with optimized haemodynamics. Methods and results Eighty-three outpatients [aged 61 (53-67) years, 50 male] underwent a haemodynamic ramp test at 253 (95-652) days after LVAD implantation, and 51 (61%) had optimized haemodynamics (defined as central venous pressure < 12 mmHg, pulmonary artery wedge pressure < 18 mmHg, cardiac index > 2.2 L/min/m(2)) following LVAD speed adjustment. One-year survival free of any HRAEs (non-surgical bleeding, thromboembolic event, pump thrombosis, or neurological event) was achieved in 75% of the optimized group and in 44% of the non-optimized group (hazard ratio 0.36, 95% confidence interval 0.18-0.73, P = 0.003). The net haemocompatibility score, using four escalating tiers of hierarchal severity to derive a total score for events, was significantly lower in the optimized group than the non-optimized group (1.02 vs. 2.00 points/patient; incidence rate ratio 0.51, 95% confidence interval 0.29-0.90, P = 0.021). Conclusion Left ventricular assist device patients in whom haemodynamics can be optimized had greater freedom from HRAEs compared to those without optimized haemodynamics.
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