See also:

REMATCH study, 2001
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Treatments

Studied treatment	left ventricular assist device
Control treatment	optimal medical management

Patients

Patients	patients with end-stage heart failure who were ineligible for cardiac transplantation
Inclusion criteria	New York Heart Association class IV heart failure

Method and design

Randomized effectives	68 / 61 (studied vs. control)
Design	Parallel groups
Blinding	open
Follow-up duration	>1 y

Results

No results available for this trial - no clinical endpoint reported

Meta-analysis of all similar trials:

percutaneous left ventricular assist devices in heart failure for all type of patients

Reference(s)

Trials register #

NA

• Rose EA, Gelijns AC, Moskowitz AJ, Heitjan DF, Stevenson LW, Dembitsky W, Long JW, Ascheim DD, Tierney AR, Levitan RG, Watson JT, Meier P, Ronan NS, Shapiro PA, Lazar RM, Miller LW, Gupta L, Frazier OH, Desvigne-Nickens P, Oz MC, Poirier VL. Long-term mechanical left ventricular assistance for end-stage heart failure.. N Engl J Med 2001;345:1435-43
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