However, patients who had at least one episode of bacteremia (9 [IQR, 4–16] versus 5 [IQR, 3–7], P =0.06) and pump pocket infection (14 [IQR, 4–27] versus 5 [IQR, 3–7], P =0.08) showed a trend toward a greater number of CMBs than patients without bacteremia.
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Prevalence of Cerebral Microbleeds in Patients With Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
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Patients who experienced a hemorrhagic stroke during LVAD support showed a trend toward the presence of a greater number of CMBs compared with patients without hemorrhagic stroke 9 (IQR: 5‐23) vs 5 (IQR 4‐7), P =0.09), although it did not reach statistical significance because of the limited number of patients.