RT Journal Article
T1 Management of a chronically infected left ventricular assist device with heart transplantation: Two-step simplified approach.
A1 Pérez-de la Sota, Enrique
A1 Eixerés-Esteve, Andrea
A1 García-Cosio, Dolores
A1 Delgado-Jiménez, Juan F
K1 transplant
AB 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.
YR 2022
FD 2022-06-15
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19993
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19993
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DS RISalud
RD Apr 10, 2025