Suspected involvement of EPTFE membrane in sterile intrathoracic abscess and pericardial empyema in a multi-allergic LVAD recipient: a case report

Device-related infections in recipients of left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) have been recognized as a major source of morbidity and mortality. They require a high level of diagnostic effort as part of the overall burden resulting from infectious complications in LVAD recipients. We present a m...

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Autores principales: Kornberger, A., Walter, V., Khalil, M., Therapidis, P., Assmus, B., Moritz, A., Beiras-Fernandez, A., Stock, U. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26183430
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-015-0305-y

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