Reduction of Driveline Infections Through Doubled Driveline Tunneling of Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Artificial Organs

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-107

  Fleissner, Felix ^a   Avsar, Murat ^a   Malehsa, Doris ^a   Strueber, Martin ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a   Schmitto, Jan D ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Driveline; Infection; Left ventricular assist device; Tunneling method

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

% REDUCTIONS; 2-GROUP; ABDOMINIS; COX'S REGRESSION MODEL; DRIVELINES; IMPLANTATION TECHNIQUE; INFECTION; INFECTION RATES; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

CEFUROXIME; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84872392193     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aor.12036     Document Type: Article

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