Heart transplantation in a patient with a left ventricular assist device and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection |
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| Authors: | Schmid Christof Schneider Michael Etz Christian Scheld Hans H |
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| Affiliation: | a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Muenster, Germany |
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| Abstract: | ![]()
We report a patient who underwent implantation of a DeBakey left-ventricular assist device and developed a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus drive line infection on postoperative day 304. The patient was forwarded to urgent heart transplantation with a successful outcome. |
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| Keywords: | 34 |
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