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Risk of Infections With Long-Term Left Ventricular Assist Device Support

The average life expectancy post-left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation has significantly increased in recent years. Impaired cellular immunity post-LVAD implantation has been suggested. It is not clear if a prolonged duration of LVAD support will lead to an increase in infections and po...

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Autores principales: Karnatak, Rajendra, Sandkovsky, Uriel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10402930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37546149
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41412