ReviewAnnals of cardiothoracic surgery2014
Technique for minimizing and treating driveline infections.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Improves Patient and Caregiver Ventricular Assist Device Self-Care Skills: A Randomized Pilot Trial.Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes · 2019Trial
- Effect of Ventricular Assist Device Self-care Simulation-Based Mastery Learning on Driveline Exit Site Infections: A Pilot Study.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingTrial
- Driveline Relocation and Vacuum-Assisted Closure for Ventricular Assist Device Driveline Infections.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025Article
- Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Nosocomial Infections in Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A Tunable Soft Silicone Bioadhesive for Secure Anchoring of Diverse Medical Devices to Wet Biological Tissue.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2024Article
- Driveline erosion of the colon as a late complication of LVAD implantation.Journal of cardiology cases · 2023Article
- Decreasing driveline infections in patients supported on ventricular assist devices: a care pathway approach.BMJ open quality · 2022Review
- Short-term Retention of Patient and Caregiver Ventricular Assist Device Self-care Skills after Simulation-based Mastery Learning.Clinical simulation in nursing · 2021Article
- Epidemiology of Left Ventricular Assist Device Infections: Findings From a Large Nonregistry Cohort.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Article
- Ventricular Assist Device-Specific Infections.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- 2019 EACTS Expert Consensus on long-term mechanical circulatory support.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2019Article
- Ventricular Assist Device Driveline Dressing-Change Protocols: A Need for Standardization. A Report from the SimVAD Investigators.Journal of cardiac failure · 2019Article
- Role of imaging in diagnosis and management of left ventricular assist device complications.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2019Review
- The Effect of Judge Selection on Standard Setting Using the Mastery Angoff Method during Development of a Ventricular Assist Device Self-Care Curriculum.Clinical simulation in nursing · 2019Article
- The momentum of HeartMate 3: a novel active magnetically levitated centrifugal left ventricular assist device (LVAD).Journal of thoracic disease · 2018Review
- Wound care of the driveline exit site in patients with a ventricular assist device: A systematic review.Turk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi · 2018Review
- Correlation between driveline features and driveline infection in left ventricular assist device selection.Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs · 2017Article
- The Role of Computed Tomography in Predicting Left Ventricular Assist Device Infectious Complications.Journal of clinical imaging science · 2016Article
- Mechanical Circulatory Support and the Role of LVADs in Heart Failure Therapy.Clinical Medicine Insights. Cardiology · 2015Review
- Patient, Caregiver, and Clinician Perceptions of Ventricular Assist Device Self-care Education Inform the Development of a Simulation-based Mastery Learning Curriculum.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingArticle
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Abstract
Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are increasingly utilized in the management of advanced heart failure. A transcutaneous driveline is necessary to power the LVAD, and although this technology has improved over the years in terms of smaller size and increased durability, driveline complications continue to develop in up to 20% of all devices implanted. Driveline infections are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. As more patients live longer with ventricular assist devices, minimizing driveline infections is paramount. A systematic, multidisciplinary approach can be used to develop a strategy to prevent, recognize and treat driveline infections. In this paper, we describe our approach to driveline management which has resulted in zero driveline infections between January 2012 and March 2014.
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