A novel method to reduce device-related infections in patients supported with the HeartMate device

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1875-1877

  Arusoglu, Latif ^a   Koerfer, Reiner ^a   Tenderich, Gero ^a   Alexander, William A ^b   El Banayosy, Aly ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Thermo Cardiosystems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0032711765     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01036-X     Document Type: Article

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