Atypical presentation of an apical pseudoaneurysm in a patient on prolonged left ventricular mechanical support

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 350-351

  Maeda, Taketoshi ^a   Tanoue, Yoshihisa ^a   Nakashima, Atsuhiro ^a   Tominaga, Ryuji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Infection; Ventricular assist system

Indexed keywords

HABEKACIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEVICE INFECTION; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOTOMY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; COLONIC DISEASES; CONSTIPATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; ILEUS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 75449107207     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.220582     Document Type: Article

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