ISBN: Risk tool Description of tool Comments cut-off: male, BBL 743 pg/ml 368m cut-off: female, no BBL 714 pg/ml 270m cut-off: female, BBL 830 pg/ml 188m Patients were assigned 1-point if their 6MWT distance was below the prognostic threshold and one point if their NT-proBNP value was above the prognostic threshold. Thus 3 risk-groups were identified One year mortality rates of patients: Group 1 (0 points): 2% risk of 1 year mortality Group 2 (1 point): 7% risk of 1 year mortality Group 3 (2 points): 14% risk of 1 year mortality AHEAD tool 1 point assigned for each age >70 years, diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, creatinine > 130 mol/l, anaemia (M: 130, F: 120). Maximum score of 5. Each parameter was calculated as 1 point (maximum of 5 points) One year mortality rates of patients: The paper states that these % thresholds were calculated with an acceptable dose of simplificati on Advanced heart failure and palliative care Chronic Heart Failure NICE 2018. All rights reserved. Subject to Notice of rights. ISBN: Risk tool Description of tool Comments HeartMate II Risk Score (HMRS) Calculation of HMRS: (0.0274 [age in years]) (0.723 [albumin g/dl]) (0.74 [creatinine mg/dl]) (1.136 [international normalized ratio (INR)]) (0.807 [centre LVAD volume 15*]). *Enter value of 1 if total centre LVAD volume is 15 and 0 if 15. 