Gender differences in continuous-flow left ventricular assist device therapy as a bridge to transplantation: A risk-adjusted comparison using a propensity score-matching analysis

Artificial Organs

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 212-219

  Weymann, Alexander ^a,b   Patil, Nikhil Prakash ^a   Sabashnikov, Anton ^a,c   Mohite, Prashant N ^a   García Sáez, Diana ^a   Amrani, Mohamed ^a   Bahrami, Toufan ^a   De Robertis, Fabio ^a   Wahlers, Thorsten ^c   Banner, Nicholas R ^a   Popov, Aron Frederik ^a   Simon, André R ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bridge to recovery; Bridge to transplantation; Continuous flow left ventricular assist device; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRIDGE TO RECOVERY; BRIDGE TO TRANSPLANTATION; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; CONTINUOUS-FLOW LEAVE VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; MATCHING ANALYSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; RIGHT VENTRICULAR; RISK-ADJUSTED;

DIAGNOSIS;

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRIDGE TO TRANSPLANTATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84925255312     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aor.12361     Document Type: Article

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