Ventricular assist device abdominal driveline infection: treatment with platelet-rich plasma

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Jun;145(6):e69-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.02.072. Epub 2013 Mar 21.

Authors

Federica Jiritano¹, Giuseppe Filiberto Serraino, Lucia Cristodoro, Attilio Renzulli

Affiliation

¹ Cardiac Surgery Unit, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy. fede.j@hotmail.it

PMID: 23523036
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.02.072

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Fatal Outcome
Heart Failure / surgery*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Intraabdominal Infections / therapy*
Male
Middle Aged
Platelet-Rich Plasma*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / therapy*