title: Comparison of Novacor and HeartMate vented electric left ventricular assist devices in a single institution.
abstract: We compared the survival outcomes, left ventricular assist device (LVAD)-related hospitalization, stroke, infection, panel reactive antibody, and blood product use data among 13 Novacor and 51 HeartMate system recipients. Stroke was significantly higher in Novacor patients, as was blood product use at the time of heart transplantation, likely due to long-term anti-coagulation, while the LVAD-related hospitalization and infections did not differ between the 2 groups. A positive panel reactive antibody was seen more among the HeartMate patients, but did not have a significant clinical impact and may not represent a true allosensitization.
authors.affiliation: Heart Transplant Program, St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53215, USA.
authors.forename: Anantharam V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kalya
authors.forename: Alfred J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Tector
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Crouch
authors.forename: Francis X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Downey
authors.forename: Monica L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Alfred J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Carla J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Bartoszewski
authors.forename: Jeffery D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hosenpud
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000601:surgery; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016019:Survival Analysis