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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY40. Duration of LVAD Support Does Not Impact Post-CardiacTransplant Survival in the Continuous-Flow Pump EraRanjit John, 1 Francis D. Pagani, 2* Yoshifumi Naka, 3* John V. Conte, 4* Charles T. Klodell, 5Carmelo A. Milano, 6*† David Farrar, 7 O. Howard Frazier 8*1. <strong>Surgery</strong>, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA; 2. University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; 3. Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; 4.Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA; 5. University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, USA; 6.Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; 7. Thoratec Corporation, Pleasanton, CA, USA;8. Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, USAInvited Discussant: James KirklinOBJECTIVE: Previous evaluations of pulsatile left ventricular assist devices(LVADs) have shown that transplantation either early after LVAD implantation(6 months) adversely affected post-cardiac transplant survival.We sought to determine if the post-transplant survival of patients supported withnewer continuous flow LVADs was related to the duration of LVAD support.METHODS: The HeartMate II LVAD was implanted in 459 patients as a bridge-totransplantat 33 centers in a multicenter trial. Patients were divided into 5 groupsbased on duration of LVAD support as shown in the Table. The median age was 55(range 15–77), 45% had ischemic etiology, and 23% were females. Survival wasdetermined at 30 days and 1 year post post-transplantation.TUESDAYAfternoonTransplanted Patients Who Have Reached 30 Days or 1 Year Since TransplantationLVADDuration (Days)LVAD Patients atStart of IntervalPatients Transplantedin IntervalPost-TransplantSurvival30 Days 1-year0–30 459 19 100% 93%30–89 408 60 100% 91%90–179 311 63 95% 88%180–365 249 69 93% 93%>365 109 24 100% 86%Overall 97% 90%RESULTS: Of 459 patients, 236 underwent cardiac transplant after a medianduration of LVAD support of 143 days (longest: 3.2 yr), 87 died (19%), 12 (2.6%)recovered ventricular function and the device was removed, and 121 (26%) are stillon LVAD support. There were no significant differences in baseline demographicsamong the 5 groups. The overall 30 day and 1-year post-TX survival was 97% and90%. As shown in the Table, there were no significant differences in survival basedon the duration of LVAD support.* AATS Member† Second John H. Gibbon Jr. Research Scholarship 2001169

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