JACC: Heart Failure
Volume 4, Issue 10, October 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2016.05.003
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Mini-Focus Issue: Special Populations and LVADs

Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Use in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Kairav Vakil, Felipe Kazmirczak, Neeraj Sathnur, Selcuk Adabag, Daniel J. Cantillon, Erich L. Kiehl, Ryan Koene, Rebecca Cogswell, Inderjit Anand and Henri Roukoz

Table 1

Table 1

Clinical Studies of ICD vs. No ICD in LVAD Patients

First Author (Ref. #)Patient Enrollment YearsPublication YearnParticipantsDesignMean Follow-Up
Andersen et al. (12)2006–2008200923CF-LVAD onlyRetrospective observational9 months
Refaat et al. (17)1996–20032012144PF-LVAD plus BIVADRetrospective observational12 months
Enriquez et al. (14)2008–2012201398CF-LVAD plus BIVADRetrospective observational7 months
Garan et al. (15)2012201394CF-LVAD onlyRetrospective observational13 months
Lee et al. (16)2004–20132015100CF-LVAD plus BIVADRetrospective observational12 months
Cantillon et al. (13)1991–20082009478CF-LVAD plus PF-LVAD plus BIVAD plus RVADRetrospective observational3 months

BIVAD = biventricular assist device; CF = continuous flow; ICD = implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; LVAD = left ventricular assist device; PF = pulsatile flow; RVAD = right ventricular assist device.

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