Infections in patients after Berlin Heart® EXCOR assist device implantation.

Patricia MuñozMaricela ValerioVíctor VásquezJesús Velásquez-RodriguezIago SousaEduardo ZatarainJosé María BarrioManuel RuizGregorio CuerpoHugo Rodríguez-AbellaJavier HortalEmilio Bouzanull null

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2018)

Infection complicated BHED implantation in 86.7% of the patients. Overall, 13.9% were specific of BHED and 22.2% were related. However, infections did not preclude HT in any case and carried no attributable mortality.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
heart failure
type diabetes
coronary artery disease
cardiovascular events