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

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

James K Kirklin  1 , David C Naftel, Robert L Kormos, Lynne W Stevenson, Francis D Pagani, Marissa A Miller, J Timothy Baldwin, James B Young
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The Fourth INTERMACS Annual Report: 4,000 implants and counting

James K Kirklin et al. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2012 Feb.

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.

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