Abstract
Résumé
The Canadian Cardiovascular Society “Risk of Harm” Formula and the 2003 Recommendation for LVAD Patients
Current Survival Data With LVADs
Potential for Sudden Incapacitation in LVAD-Supported Patients
Appendix I. ⁎Reproduced with permission from Elsevier from Simpson C, et al. Assessment of the cardiac patient for fitness to drive: drive subgroup executive summary. Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference. Can J Cardiol 2004;20:1314-20. Copyright © 2004 Canadian Cardiovascular Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Reproduced with permission from Elsevier from Simpson C, et al. Assessment of the cardiac patient for fitness to drive: drive subgroup executive summary. Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference. Can J Cardiol 2004;20:1314-20. Copyright © 2004 Canadian Cardiovascular Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Risk of harm formula derivation
- •Time spent behind the wheel or distance driven in a given time (TD);
- •Type of vehicle driven (V);
- •Risk of sudden cardiac incapacitation (SCI); and
- •The probability that such an event will result in a fatal or injury-producing accident (Ac).
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