title: Delayed sternal closure after total artificial heart implantation.
authors.affiliation: Department for the Surgical Therapy of End-stage Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart and Vascular Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany. Electronic address: sotirios.spiliopolos@ejk.de.
authors.forename: Sotirios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spiliopoulos
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, RWTH University Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Ruediger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Autschbach
authors.affiliation: Department for the Surgical Therapy of End-stage Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart and Vascular Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Reiner
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koerfer
authors.affiliation: Department for the Surgical Therapy of End-stage Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart and Vascular Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Gero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tenderich
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D058106:Wound Closure Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality