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Table 2 Clinical outcomes of patients with an LVAD

From: Pharmacist-physician collaborative care for outpatients with left ventricular assist devices using a cloud-based home medical management information-sharing system: a case report

No 1 2 3 4 Bishop et al. [9] Ryan et al. [10]
TTR (%) 88.6 92.2 89.6 90.1 44.4 74.0
Overall PT-INR, mean ± SD 2.01 ± 0.30 1.87 ± 0.21 1.92 ± 0.22 2.47 ± 0.50 2.32 ± 0.67
Overall warfarin dose, mean ± SD 4.49 ± 0.76 5.13 ± 0.58 3.30 ± 0.34 3.24 ± 0.33
Major bleeding events
 GI bleeding events no no no no yes (2/11) no
 LVAD site bleeding events no no no no no no
 Other bleeding events no no no no no no
All thrombosis events
 Pump thrombosis events no no no no no no
 Other thrombosis events no no no no yesa (1/11) yesb (2/162)
 LVAD-related infections no yes yes no
 Heart transplants received no yes no no yes (1/11)
  1. TTR Time in therapeutic range, PT-INR Prothrombin time-international normalized ratio, GI Gastrointestinal, LVAD Left ventricular assist devices
  2. aCentral nervous system thrombosis, bDeep vein thrombosis