Ventricular assist devices as bridge to heart transplantation: impact on post-transplant infections

BACKGROUND: Ventricular assist devices (VAD) are valuable options for patients with heart failure awaiting cardiac transplantation. We assessed the impact of pre-transplant VAD implantation on the incidence of post-transplant infections in a nationwide cohort of heart transplant recipients. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Héquet, Delphine, Kralidis, Georg, Carrel, Thierry, Cusini, Alexia, Garzoni, Christian, Hullin, Roger, Meylan, Pascal R., Mohacsi, Paul, Mueller, Nicolas J., Ruschitzka, Frank, Tozzi, Piergiorgio, van Delden, Christian, Weisser, Maja, Wilhelm, Markus J., Pascual, Manuel, Manuel, Oriol
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4938972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27391967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1658-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4938972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27391967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1658-0

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