Impact of diastolic pulmonary gradient and pulmonary vascular remodeling on survival after left ventricular assist device implantation and heart transplantation

The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 7 Logistic multivariable regression for mortality and RVF

Variables	OR	95% CI	P value
Post-LVAD mortality
Post-LVAD PVR ≥ 3 WU	4.995	1.405–17.756	0.013
Post-LVAD DPG ≥ 7 mmHg	2.37	1.31–24.8	0.026
RVF failure	5.59	1.564–19.98	0.018
Post-LVAD MR	1.04	0.82–18.26	0.72
Post-LVAD RVF
Pre-LVAD DPG ≥ 7 mmHg	4.31	3.29–19.572	< 0.001
Pre-LVAD PVR ≥ 3 WU	2.49	1.92–17.32	0.036
Pre-LVAD TPG ≥ 12 mmHg	1.27	0.682–24.28	0.42
Pre-LVAD severe MR	1.32	0.417–27.38	0.47

PVR pulmonary vascular resistance, DPG diastolic pulmonary gradient, TPG transpulmonary gradient, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, WU wood unit, RVF right ventricular failure, MR mitral regurgitation