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Table 2 Impact score factors

From: Towards a cardiac allocation score: a retrospective calculation for 73 patients from a German transplant center

 

Overall

T-status

HU/U status

p Valuea

Variables

Age, years

   

0.237

  > 60

27

14 (35.9%)

13 (24.5%)

 

  ≤ 60

65

25 (64.1%)

40 (75.5%)

 

Bilirubin, mg/dl

   

0.050

 0-0.99

53

28 (77.8%)

25 (49.0%)

 

 1-1.99

27

6 (16.7%)

21 (41.2%)

 

 2-3.99

6

2 (5.6%)

4 (7.8%)

 

  ≥ 4

1

0

1 (2.0%)

 

Creatinine Clearance, ml/min

   

0.752

  ≥ 50

75

30 (85.7%)

45 (88.2%)

 

 30-49

11

5 (14.3%)

6 (11.8%)

 

  < 30

0

0

0

 

Dialysis between listing and transplant

5

1 (2.7%)

4 (7.5%)

0.645

Female sex

19

12 (30.8%)

7 (13.2%)

0.040

Diagnosis

   

0.036

 Ischemic

46

16 (41.0%)

30 (56.6%)

 

 Idiopathic

34

20 (51.3%)

14 (26.4%)

 

 Congenital

5

0

5 (9.4%)

 

 Other

7

3 (7.7%)

4 (7.5%)

 

Infection

13

1 (2.7%)

12 (22.6%)

0.026

IABP

11

1 (2.7%)

10 (18.9%)

0.024

Mechanical ventilation prior to Tx

2

0

2 (3.8%)

0.510

Circulatory support

8

0

8 (15.1%)

0.019

Ventricular assist deviced

   

<0.001

 No VAD

50

34 (87.2%)

16 (32.7%)

 

 Early Generation PFb

23

3 (7.7%)

20 (40.8%)

 

 New Generation CFc

3

0

3 (6.1%)

 

 Heartmate II

12

2 (5.1%)

10 (20.4%)

 
  1. Race is not listed because all patients were Caucasian
  2. IABP Intraaortic balloon pump, Tx Transplantation
  3. ap value based on X2 test or Fisher’s exact test
  4. bEarly Generation pulsatile flow includes Heartmate I, Thoratec (LVAD,RVAD,BVAD)), Novacor
  5. cNew Generation continuous flow includes Jarvik, Incor, Ventracor
  6. d4 Patients with total artificial heart were not included