Epidemiology and impact of device-specific infections on patients receiving left ventricular assist devices

Epidemiology and impact of device-specific infections on patients receiving left ventricular assist devices

Background: Left ventricular assist device-specific infections (LSIs) remain a persistent problem facing patients with durable left-ventricular assist devices (LVADs). However, the infectious agents and associated morbidity remained poorly defined. We sought to evaluate the incidence, epidemiology,...

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Main Authors: Amit Iyengar, MD MSE, Jason Feinman, MD, Joyce Jiang, BS, Cindy Song, BA, Spencer Kim, BA, Alvin Mathew, MD, Sophia Golec, MD, Aarti Rao, MD, Ankitha Radakrishnan, MD, Michaela Asher, MPhil, David Rekhtman, BS, John DePaolo, MD PhD, Noah Moss, MD, Shinobu Itagaki, MD, Anelechi Anyanwu, MD, Joyce Wald, DO, Marisa Cevasco, MD MPH, Aditya Parikh, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-05-01
Series:JHLT Open
Subjects:
left ventricular assist device
driveline infection
infectious disease
epidemiology
cardiac transplant
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950133425000035
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