Management of a chronically infected left ventricular assist device with heart transplantation: Two-step simplified approach.
Enrique Pérez de la SotaAndrea Eixerés-EsteveDolores García-CosioJuan F Delgado-JiménezPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2022)
The two-step simplified approach allowed the patient to be transplanted in a short period of time, with the abdominal wall healed and almost two-thirds of the driveline subcutaneous tunnel sterilized.