Short- and long-term adverse events in patients on temporary circulatory support before durable ventricular assist device: An IMACS registry analysis

BACKGROUND Patients with cardiogenic shock (CS) needing temporary circulatory support (TCS) have poor survival rates after implantation of durable ventricular assist device (dVAD). We aimed to characterize post-dVAD adverse event burden and survival rates in patients requiring pre-operative TCS. METHOD We analyzed 13,511 adults (Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support [INTERMACS] Profiles 1–3) with continuous-flow...