A Novel Method of Predicting Aortic Valve Opening through LVAD Power Waveform Analysis

for rehospitalization in a small cohort of patients discharged to acute rehabilitation facility (rehab). Methods and Materials: A retrospective review of patients who were discharged to rehab from January of 2009 till October of 2012. A total of 162 LVADs were performed with 42 admissions to rehab. Results: The average LOS at rehab was around 14 days without any significant difference between patients with Heart Mate (HM) II and heart ware devices. There were 12 patients transferred back to our hospital with no deaths at rehab. 30 admissions were discharged home. Patients with heart ware devices had fewer rehospitalizations compared to patients with HM II devices. Reasons for rehospitilization included GI bleeding (8 pts), Arryhthmia (1 pts) and Sepsis (3 pts). Conclusions: Patients with LVADS can be safely transitioned to an acute rehab facility with the majority of patients successfully discharged home. There were no deaths, device failures, or strokes during the rehab stay. The average LOS at rehab was 14 days. There were 12 patients readmitted to our hospital and the most common reason being anemia due to gastrointestinal bleed.