Establishment of a LVAD Destination Program in a Swiss Non Cardiac Transplant University Hospital

Establishment of a LVAD Destination Program in a Swiss Non Cardiac Transplant University Hospital: 5 Year Experience

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04263012

Enrollment

Registered

2020-02-10

Start date

2019-12-01

Completion date

2019-12-31

Last updated

2020-02-20

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Conditions

Heart Implant Complication

Keywords

left ventricular assist device (LVAD), heart, implant, artificial

Brief summary

The goal of this study is to demonstrate the challenges and the effort to set up an artificial heart program as well as to report about the follow-up treatment and the mortality rate

Interventions

OTHERcollection of patient data

assess mortality rate, rehospitalization and survival rate of patients after receiving an artificial heart implant

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Inclusion criteria

* Patients who received an LVAD implant

Exclusion criteria

* not enough data collected * stated will of the Patient, that his data can not be used

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
30 days mortality	30 days after surgery	mortality rate 30 days after receiving the LVAD implant
rehospitalization rate	between day of surgery and 31.12.2019	rehospitalization rate of patients after receiving the LVAD implant

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
survival rate	between day of surgery and 31.12.2019	survival rate of patients after receiving the LVAD implant (Kaplan-Meier curve)

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 15, 2026