High rates of false-positive hepatitis c antibody tests can occur after left ventricular assist device implantation

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 660-661

  Srivastava, Ajay V ^a   Hrobowski, Tara ^b   Krese, Lori ^b   Huang, Mary Ann ^c   Nemeh, Hasan ^b   Tita, Cristina ^b   Williams, Celeste ^b   Brewer, Robert ^b   Lanfear, David E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

hepatitis C antibody; left ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RATE; IMMUNE ACTIVATION;

ANTIBODIES; VIRUSES;

LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84887233749     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: 1538943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3182a53d00     Document Type: Article

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