Successful treatment of Novacor pump pocket infection by omental transposition

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 287-288

  Matsumiya, Goro ^a   Nishimura, Motonobu ^a   Miyamoto, Yuji ^a   Sawa, Yoshiki ^a   Matsuda, Hikaru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; IMIPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MALE; OMENTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; OMENTUM; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC;

EID: 0037236881     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04169-3     Document Type: Article

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