Targeted CT-guided punction of an intrapericardial abscess in HeartWare left ventricular patient. New diagnostic tool to highlight patients on the heart transplant waiting list

J Card Surg. 2019 Nov;34(11):1361-1362. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14239. Epub 2019 Sep 3.

Authors

Medhat Radwan¹, Petar Risteski¹, Anton Moritz¹, Aron-Frederik Popov^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Johan Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany.
² Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.

PMID: 31478221
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14239

No abstract available

Keywords: LVAD; heart failure; infection; transplant.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abscess / diagnosis*
Abscess / etiology
Abscess / microbiology
Female
Heart Failure / surgery*
Heart Transplantation*
Heart Ventricles
Heart-Assist Devices / adverse effects*
Heart-Assist Devices / microbiology
Humans
Image-Guided Biopsy / methods*
Middle Aged
Pericardium
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis
Prosthesis-Related Infections / etiology
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
Punctures / methods
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections / etiology
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
Waiting Lists*