Management of left ventricular assist device infection with heart transplantation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 142-147

  Prendergast, Thomas W ^a   Todd, Barbara A ^a   Beyer Iii , A James ^a   Furukawa, Satoshi ^a   Eisen, Howard J ^a   Addonizio, V Paul ^a   Browne, Barry J ^a   Jeevanandam, Valluvan ^a  

^a Temple University Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFAZOLIN; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030844539     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00286-5     Document Type: Article

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