Table 3

Preoperative characteristics of patients with prolonged LVAD support

Characteristic	Group; mean ± SD or %				p value
Characteristic	All Patients (n = 103)	All prolonged LVAD patients (n = 37)	No readmissions (n = 10)	Readmissions (n = 27)	p value
Age, yr	50 ± 13	52 ± 13	48 ± 10	53 ± 14	0.34
Male sex	71	59	60	55	0.81
Weight, kg	79 ± 20	73 ± 18	72 ± 23	73 ± 17	0.89
Height, m	1.7 ± 0.11	1.7 ± 0.11	1.7 ± 0.10	1.7 ± 0.11	0.57
BMI	26.2 ± 5.3	25.0 ± 4.8	24.1 ± 6.0	25.4 ± 4.5	0.49
BSA, m²	1.9 ± 0.3	1.8 ± 0.3	1.9 ± 0.3	1.8 ± 0.3	0.89
Diabetes	27	24	10	30	0.22
Hypertension	41	40	10	44	0.05
PVD	3	8.1	10	10.0	0.38
Previous sternotomy	14	21	0.0	30	0.05
Recent CVA	2.0	2.7	10	0.0	0.01
NYHA class 3/4	84	92	80	96	0.58
ICD	79	84	70	89	0.17
CRT	43	46	20	56	0.05
CRF	33	24	10	30	0.22
Ischemic cardiomyopathy	37	43	40	41	0.97

BMI = body mass index; BSA = body surface area; CRF = chronic renal failure; CRT = cardiac resynchronization therapy; CVA = cerebral vascular accident; ICD = implantable cardioverter defibrillator; LVAD = left ventricular assist device; NYHA = New York Heart Association; PVD = peripheral vascular disease; SD = standard deviation.