22 , 23 , 24 Our study found that PLT count had a trend closer to the intermediate level among all three groups, with an increasing trend in the lower group and a decreasing trend in the higher group 1 week after LVAD.
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Platelet count in heart failure patients undergoing left ventricular assist device.
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While in patients after LVAD implantation, adjusted estimates from both time‐varying postoperative PLT count and PLT count at postoperative 6 months suggested that a higher PLT count was associated with a higher risk of long‐term mortality, while the association of mortality with a lower PLT count failed to reach statistical significance.