Disturbances in sexual activity are common in patients with an LVAD and their partners while the patients are on durable long-term support. Counselling on long-term adjustment should provide a platform for information seeking on illness-related changes in the quality of sexual activity.

The HemoSTATUS platelet function test is not suitable for a reliable monitoring of platelet pathophysiology and patient outcome after extracorporeal circulation. Furthermore, no correlation of preoperative platelet activation and blood loss could be shown.

In summary, it appeared that the application of a left ventricular coaxial pump with comparable results seemed to make possible complete revascularization in nearly all patients.

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