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Table 3 Data in tertiles over three-year period.*

From: Initial experience with off-pump left ventricular assist device implantation in single center: retrospective analysis

Year of OP LVAD

Number of deaths at 1 year postoperative/Total

Percent of death

2004-2005

3/6

50%

2006

4/12

33%

2007

1/6

17%

  1. *The total study was divided into three tertiles (2004-2005, 2006, and 2007). There is a trend of decreased death from 50% to 17% over a one-year period, reflecting progressive improvement in the perioperative experience of OP LVAD insertion with reduced postoperative mortality rate. The trend is not statistically significant (p = 0.08 Fisher' exact test) due to the limited sample size.
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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