Creation and Validation of a Novel Sex‐Specific Mortality Risk Score in LVAD Recipients

Creation and Validation of a Novel Sex‐Specific Mortality Risk Score in LVAD Recipients

Background Prior studies have shown that women have worse 3‐month survival after receiving a left ventricular assist device compared with men. Currently used prognostic scores, including the Heartmate II Risk Score, do not account for the increased residual risk in women. We used the IMACS (Internat...

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Main Authors: Aditi Nayak, Yingtian Hu, Yi‐An Ko, Rebecca Steinberg, Subrat Das, Anurag Mehta, Chang Liu, John Pennington, Rongbing Xie, James K. Kirklin, Robert L. Kormos, Jennifer Cowger, Marc A. Simon, Alanna A. Morris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
left ventricular assist device
mortality
prognosis
risk score
sex disparity
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.020019

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