Association of global and disease-specific health status with outcomes following continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation

[1] Kirklin JK(2015)Seventh INTERMACS annual report: 15,000 patients and counting J Heart Lung Transplant 34 1-10

[2] Naftel DC(2013)Potential Clinical Applications of the HeartMate II Risk Score JAC 61 322-324

[3] Pagani FD(2014)Pre-operative mortality risk assessment in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: Application of the HeartMate II risk score J Heart Lung Transplant 33 675-681

[4] Kormos RL(2015)The Heartmate Risk Score Predicts Morbidity and Mortality in Unselected Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients and Risk Stratifies INTERMACS Class 1 Patients JACC 3 1-8

[5] Stevenson LW(2013)The 2013 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for mechanical circulatory support: executive summary J Heart Lung Transplant 2013 157-187

[6] Blume ED(2006)Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Consortium: Health status identifies heart failure outpatients at risk for hospitalization or death J Am Coll Cardiol 47 752-756

[7] Myers SL(2004)Prognostic value of health status in patients with heart failure after acute myocardial infarction Circulation 110 546-551

[8] Miller MA(1996)Baseline quality of life as a predictor of mortality and hospitalization in 5,025 patients with congestive heart failure. SOLVD Investigations. Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction Investigators Am J Cardiol 78 890-895

[9] Baldwin JT(2011)Quality of Life as an Independent Predictor for Cardiac Events and Death in Patients With Heart Failure Circ J 75 1661-1669

[10] Young JB(1999)Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Participants of the Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery JAMA 281 1298-1303

[1] Kirklin JK(2015)Seventh INTERMACS annual report: 15,000 patients and counting J Heart Lung Transplant 34 1-10

[2] Naftel DC(2013)Potential Clinical Applications of the HeartMate II Risk Score JAC 61 322-324

[3] Pagani FD(2014)Pre-operative mortality risk assessment in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: Application of the HeartMate II risk score J Heart Lung Transplant 33 675-681

[4] Kormos RL(2015)The Heartmate Risk Score Predicts Morbidity and Mortality in Unselected Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients and Risk Stratifies INTERMACS Class 1 Patients JACC 3 1-8

[5] Stevenson LW(2013)The 2013 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for mechanical circulatory support: executive summary J Heart Lung Transplant 2013 157-187

[6] Blume ED(2006)Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Consortium: Health status identifies heart failure outpatients at risk for hospitalization or death J Am Coll Cardiol 47 752-756

[7] Myers SL(2004)Prognostic value of health status in patients with heart failure after acute myocardial infarction Circulation 110 546-551

[8] Miller MA(1996)Baseline quality of life as a predictor of mortality and hospitalization in 5,025 patients with congestive heart failure. SOLVD Investigations. Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction Investigators Am J Cardiol 78 890-895

[9] Baldwin JT(2011)Quality of Life as an Independent Predictor for Cardiac Events and Death in Patients With Heart Failure Circ J 75 1661-1669

[10] Young JB(1999)Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Participants of the Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery JAMA 281 1298-1303