ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2020
Left ventricular assist device-associated infections: incidence and risk factors.
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- Effect of Ventricular Assist Device Self-care Simulation-Based Mastery Learning on Driveline Exit Site Infections: A Pilot Study.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingTrial
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- Short-term outcomes of pediatric HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device: single center experience.ESC heart failure · 2026Article
- Clinical outcomes of modified left ventricular assist device driveline management.Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs · 2025Article
- Recent Developments in Ventricular Assist Device Therapy.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Infections in Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support.Infectious disease clinics of North America · 2024Review
- Iron Deficiency in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices.Cardiac failure review · 2024Review
- Interplay between driveline infection, vessel wall inflammation, cerebrovascular events and mortality in patients with left ventricular assist device.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Daptomycin Pharmacokinetics in Blood and Wound Fluid in Critical Ill Patients with Left Ventricle Assist Devices.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Impact of Obesity on T and NK Cells after LVAD Implantation.Obesity facts · 2023Article
- Physical Approaches to Prevent and Treat Bacterial Biofilm.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Implications of Causes of Intracranial Hemorrhage During Left Ventricular Assist Device Support.Neurocritical care · 2022Article
- Prevalence and management of driveline infections in mechanical circulatory support - a single center analysis.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundLeft ventricular assist device (LVAD)-associated infections are major complications that can lead to critical outcomes. The aims of this study were to assess the incidence of and to determine the risk factors for LVAD-associated infections.
methodsWe included all consecutive patients undergoing LVAD implantation between January 1, 2010, and January 1, 2019, in a single institution. Infection-related data were retrospectively collected by review of patient's medical files. LVAD-associated infections were classified into three categories: percutaneous driveline infections, pocket infections and pump and/or cannula infections.
resultsWe enrolled 72 patients. Twenty-one (29.2%) patients presented a total of 32 LVAD-associated infections. Eight (38.1%) patients had more than one infection. Five (62.5%) pocket infections and one (50.0%) pump and/or cannula infection were preceded by a driveline infection. The median delay between the operation and LVAD-associated infection was 6.5 (1.4-12.4) months. The probability of having a LVAD-associated infection at one year after receiving an implant was 26.6% (95% CI: 17.5-40.5%). Percutaneous driveline infections represented 68.7% of all LVAD-associated infections.
conclusionsLVAD-associated infections remain an important complication and are mostly represented by percutaneous driveline infections. Gram-positive cocci are the main pathogens isolated in microbiological samples. Patients with LVAD-associated infections are more frequently colonized with multidrug-resistant bacteria.
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