Severe peripheral arteriosclerosis/cerebrovascular disease
Active infection
Malignancy
Severely impaired renal function
Severe systemic disorders, multiorgan failure
Secondary disease with poor prognosis
Intellectual impairment
Pharmacologically irreversible pulmonary hypertension (→ proof of candidacy for LVAD with re-evaluation of haemodynamics under unloaded left ventricular conditions)
BMI before a heart transplant >35 kg/m2
Persistent drug abuse