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Table 4 History of cardiac interventions and cardiac status in patients undergoing LVAD implantation at UAB, 2017–2020

From: Preoperative hemodynamics as predictors of right heart failure post-left ventricular assist device

History of cardiac interventions and cardiac status

Overall (n = 114)

RHF (n = 70)

No RHF (n = 44)

p-value

History of CVA

6 (5.6%)

4 (6.1%)

2 (4.8%)

0.7739

History of PCI

30 (27.8%)

13 (19.7%)

17 (40.5%)

0.0188

History of MI

34 (32.1%)

14 (21.9%)

20 (47.6%)

0.0055

Non-ST elevation MI (non-STEMI)

7 (6.1%)

3 (4.3%)

4 (9.1%)

0.2982

NYHA class II

1 (1.0%)

1 (1.7%)

0 (0.0%)

0.4238

NYHA class III

10 (10.2%)

6 (10.0%)

4 (10.5%)

0.9332

NYHA class IV

87 (88.8%)

53 (88.3%)

34 (89.5%)

0.8617

Ejection fraction (%)

23.8 ± 3.1

23.5 ± 2.9

24.2 ± 3.5

0.2402

  1. *p-values comparing patients with RHF vs. no RHF. **For continuous variables mean +/−SD, t-test. **For categorical variables n (%), chi-square test. RCVA cerebrovascular accident, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, MI myocardial infarction, NYHA New York Heart Association