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Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients before left ventricular assist device implantation

Parameters	RVAD with Protek Duo^® cannula N = 8	Open t-RVAD N = 14	P
Age	54.5 ± 14.1	56.3 ± 9.7	0.77
Sex (Male)	4 (50)	8 (57.1)	0.76
BMI	30.8 ± 6.5	33.0 ± 8.3	0.52
History of hypertension	2 (25)	10 (71.4)	0.14
History of tobacco	4 (50)	6 (42.9)	0.9
Ischemic cardiomyopathy	5 (62.5)	11 (78.6)	0.62
EF before the implantation	19 ± 6	16 ± 5	0.07
INTERMACS stage 1	5 (62.5)	13 (92.9)	0.12
Creatinine (mg/dL)	1.54 ± 0.60	1.38 ± 0.58	0.58
Bilirubin (mg/dL)	9 ± 13.8	11.0 ± 9.8	0.72
AST (unit/L)	157 ± 162	62 ± 36	0.61
Platelets (k/uL)	186 ± 79	140 ± 107	0.27
Lactate (mmol/L)	3 ± 2.7	4.8 ± 4.7	0.61
Albumin (g/dL)	3.4 ± 0.40	2.96 ± 0.39	< 0.001
MAP (mmHg)	59 ± 11	65 ± 7	0.20
CVP (mmHg)	20 ± 5	15 ± 7	0.09
Mechanical ventilation the day before the LVAD implantation	1 (12.5)	7 (50)	0.16
Pa0₂/Fi0₂ ratio before LVAD	257 ± 133	235 ± 110	0.001
CRRT	5 (62.5)	9 (64.3)	0.9
Short-term devices before LVAD
VA-ECMO	5 (62.5)	11 (78.6)	0.47
Impella^®	1 (12.5)	4 (28.60)
Both	1 (12.5)	1(7.1)
Type of LVAD
Heart Ware	7 (87.5)	6(42.9)	0.07
HeartMate II	1 (12.5)	8 (57.1)	0.07
Oxygenator with RVAD [Y/N]	8 (100)	13 (92.9)	0.9
Immediate RVAD implantation	2 (25)	12 (85.7)	0.008
Delay implantation between LVAD and RVAD > 48 h	5 (62.5)	1 (7.1)	0.01

RVAD: right ventricular assist device; BMI: body mass index; EF: ejection fraction; MAP: mean arterial pressure; CVP: central venous pressure; LVAD: left ventricular assist device: CRRT: continuous renal replacement therapy; VA-ECMO: veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; AST: aspartate aminotransferase. Statistically significant differences are bolded and highlighted

Declarations

Author contributions

AP: Writing—original draft. AK: Data curation. NA: Data curation, Formal Analysis. CB: Writing—original draft. BS: Writing—review & editing.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

This study was approved by the institutional review board at Penn State Health: Study identification number: STUDY00012511.

Consent to participate

During the institutional review board (IRB) application, the need for consent was waived as there were no unique patient identifiers that would be used in the data of this project.

Consent to publication

Not applicable.

Availability of data and materials

The datasets generated in this study can be found with the corresponding author and the raw data can be available if requested.

Funding

Not applicable.

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