Seventh INTERMACS annual report: 15,000 patients and counting
JK Kirklin, DC Naftel, FD Pagani, RL Kormos… - The Journal of Heart and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The seventh annual report of the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory
Support (INTERMACS) summarizes the first 9 years of patient enrollment. The Registry
includes> 15,000 patients from 158 participating hospitals. Trends in device strategy, patient
profile at implant and survival are presented. Risk factors for mortality with continuous-flow
pumps are updated, and the major causes/modes of death are presented. The adverse
event burden is compared between eras, and health-related quality of life is reviewed. A …
Support (INTERMACS) summarizes the first 9 years of patient enrollment. The Registry
includes> 15,000 patients from 158 participating hospitals. Trends in device strategy, patient
profile at implant and survival are presented. Risk factors for mortality with continuous-flow
pumps are updated, and the major causes/modes of death are presented. The adverse
event burden is compared between eras, and health-related quality of life is reviewed. A …