Competing-outcome analyses are shown in Figure 2FIGURE 2
Competing-Outcomes Analysis of the ECMO Groups.
and Figure 3FIGURE 3
Competing-Outcomes Analysis of the Ventricular-Assist Cohorts.
. In the ECMO group for cohort 1, at 21 days, 25% of the patients had died, and none were alive and still receiving support with ECMO (Figure 2A). In the ECMO group for cohort 2, at 30 days, 33% of the patients had died, and none were alive and still receiving support with ECMO (Figure 2B). In contrast, in cohort 1, at 174 days, 88% of the patients had undergone successful transplantation and 12% had died or had an unacceptable neurologic outcome after weaning from the device (Figure 3A). In cohort 2, at 192 days, 92% of the patients had undergone successful transplantation or had been weaned from the device, and 8% had died (Figure 3B). Overall, 88% of the participants in cohort 1 and 92% of those in cohort 2 survived to undergo either heart transplantation or weaning from the device (Table 2TABLE 2
Efficacy Outcomes.
).