The Fourth INTERMACS Annual Report: 4,000 implants and counting

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2012 Feb;31(2):117-26. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.12.001.

Abstract

The Fourth Annual Report of the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS) summarizes and analyzes the first 5 years of patient and data collection. With more than 4,000 patients entered into the database, the evolution of pump technology, strategy at implant, and pre-implant patient profiles are chronicled. A risk factor analysis of the entire adult primary implant population is provided, and the recent composition of patient profiles is examined. Current actuarial survival with continuous-flow pumps exceeds 80% at 1 year and 70% at 2 years.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Annual Reports as Topic*
  • Female
  • Heart Failure / mortality
  • Heart Failure / surgery
  • Heart Transplantation / mortality
  • Heart Transplantation / statistics & numerical data
  • Heart-Assist Devices / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Interinstitutional Relations*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.)
  • Registries / statistics & numerical data*
  • Risk Factors
  • Survival Rate
  • Treatment Outcome
  • United States / epidemiology
  • United States Food and Drug Administration