title: Artificial heart implantation: what limitations are imposed by infectious complications?
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Karchmer
mesh_terms: D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology; D006354:Heart, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials