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The Impact of Narrowing Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Left-Ventricular-Assist Device Implantation

Background: Left-ventricular-assist device (LVAD)–related infections occur in 20%–40% of LVAD recipients and may result in up to 10% of LVAD-related deaths. Optimal surgical infection prophylaxis for LVAD implantation is not well defined. Our institution historically used a 4-drug surgical infection...

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Autores principales: Allen, Lauren, Bartash, Rachel, Cowman, Kelsie, Guo, Yi, Minamoto, Grace, Patel, Snehal, Vukelic, Sasha, Nnani, Daryl, Fauvel, Daphenie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9551493/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2021.153