Open AccessAdverse-Event Free Survival, Hospitalizations, and Mortality in Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients
Author(s) -
Windy Alonso,
Judith E. Hupcey,
Lisa Kitko,
Bunny Pozehl,
Kevin Kupzyk
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular nursing/the journal of cardiovascular nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.622
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1550-5049
pISSN - 0889-4655
DOI - 10.1097/jcn.0000000000000597
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , adverse effect , proportional hazards model , cohort , ventricular assist device , heart failure , confidence interval , survival analysis , cohort study , multivariate analysis , emergency medicine
The number of individuals with advanced heart failure (HF) receiving left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) is growing. Postimplantation LVAD recipients return home to both rural and urban locations. The impact of rural or urban living on postimplantation outcomes has not been adequately explored.