Comparisons of infection complications between continuous flow and pulsatile flow left ventricular assist devices.
Schulman
Allison R
AR
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Martens
Timothy P
TP
Christos
Paul J
PJ
Russo
Mark J
MJ
Comas
George M
GM
Cheema
Faisal H
FH
Naseem
Tariq M
TM
Wang
Raymond
R
Idrissi
Katharine A
KA
Bailey
Stephen H
SH
Naka
Yoshifumi
Y
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D001810:Blood Volume; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011336:Probability; D011673:Pulsatile Flow / Q000502:physiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome