Ultrasound for management of left ventricular assist device driveline infections: A single-center experience

Transpl Infect Dis. 2024 Feb;26(1):e14178. doi: 10.1111/tid.14178. Epub 2023 Oct 23.

Authors

Raffaella Lissandrin¹, Aurelia Sangani^{1

2}, Rebecca Pesare^{1

2}, Rita Minucci^{1

2}, Giulia Pinuccia Pisani^{3

4}, Fabrizio Gazzoli³, Stefano Pelenghi³, Raffaele Bruno^{1

5}, Elena Seminari¹

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
² Department of Internal Medicine and Treatment, University di Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
³ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
⁴ Cardiac Surgery Depertment, ASST Lecco, "A. Manzoni" Hospital, Lecco, Italy.
⁵ Department of Medical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Science, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.

PMID: 37870489
DOI: 10.1111/tid.14178

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Heart Failure* / therapy
Heart-Assist Devices* / adverse effects
Humans
Prosthesis-Related Infections* / diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography