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Mycotic aneurysm of the ascending aorta: an unusual infectious complication of left ventricular assist device explantation
- Source :
- European Heart Journal, European Heart Journal, Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy B, 2009, 30 (9), pp.1079-1079. ⟨10.1093/eurheartj/ehn617⟩, European Heart Journal, 2009, 30 (9), pp.1079-1079. ⟨10.1093/eurheartj/ehn617⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2009.
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Abstract
- A 57-year-old patient was hospitalized due to recurrent Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis. One year before, he underwent implantation of Heart-Mate II LVAD (Thoratec) for refractory heart failure after acute myocardial infarction as a bridge to heart transplantation. Eleven months later, he presented with persistent low-grade fever. Three of the blood cultures were …
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
[SDV.IB.IMA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering/Imaging
medicine.medical_treatment
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
MESH: Aneurysm, Infected
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
Aortic aneurysm
0302 clinical medicine
Aneurysm
law
Artificial heart
Internal medicine
medicine.artery
Ascending aorta
medicine
Myocardial infarction
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Heart transplantation
MESH: Humans
MESH: Middle Aged
business.industry
MESH: Prosthesis-Related Infections
MESH: Pseudomonas Infections
Mycotic aneurysm
medicine.disease
MESH: Male
3. Good health
Surgery
MESH: Aortic Aneurysm
Ventricular assist device
Cardiology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
MESH: Heart-Assist Devices
MESH: Tomography, X-Ray Computed
[SPI.SIGNAL]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Signal and Image processing
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0195668X and 15229645
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Heart Journal, European Heart Journal, Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy B, 2009, 30 (9), pp.1079-1079. ⟨10.1093/eurheartj/ehn617⟩, European Heart Journal, 2009, 30 (9), pp.1079-1079. ⟨10.1093/eurheartj/ehn617⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....83899af4af08d9cc852a9fa3aaef2c0a