%0 Journal Article
%A Pérez-de la Sota, Enrique
%A Eixerés-Esteve, Andrea
%A García-Cosio, Dolores
%A Delgado-Jiménez, Juan F
%T Management of a chronically infected left ventricular assist device with heart transplantation: Two-step simplified approach.
%D 2022
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19993
%X The surgical approach for the treatment of a left ventricular assist device with severe infection may be controversial. We present the case of a patient implanted with a HeartWare™ HVAD as a bridge to transplant and chronic infection of the device by Pseudomonas who underwent a conservative partial treatment of the driveline tunnel and subsequently a heart transplantation and device removal were done. The two-step simplified approach allowed the patient to be transplanted in a short period of time, with the abdominal wall healed and almost two-thirds of the driveline subcutaneous tunnel sterilized.
%K transplant
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