                                                                               75/520 (14.4%)
                                                                                                  F 21.9%\                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                  Bridge to transplant: 53.3%                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

  Briasoulis et al. \[[@CIT0027]\]      2018   USA                                                Patients underwent LVAD during 2009--2014 from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database\                                                                                        3572     Continuous                                                                                                    ICD9, procedure codes                                                                                         RRT\
                                                                                                  Mean age: 55.42\                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      