Driveline Site Is Not a Predictor of Infection After Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
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Ventricular arrhythmias after left ventricular assist device implantation.
BACKGROUND Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have been used as a bridge to cardiac transplantation and as destination therapy in patients with advanced heart failure. The period after LVAD support is associated with ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) despite ventricular unloading and such VAs can have a detrimental effect on survival. Despite the increasing use of LVAD, little is known regardi...
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عنوان ژورنال: ASAIO Journal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1058-2916
DOI: 10.1097/mat.0000000000000690