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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:610-611
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Successful management of empyema in a patient with a total artificial heart

William F. Polito, MDa, Francisco A. Arabia, MDa*, Pei H. Tsau, MDa, Venki Paramesh, MDb, Daniel S. Woolley, MDa, Raj K. Bose, MDa, Gulshan K. Sethi, MDa, Jack G. Copeland, MDa

a University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona,, USA
b Gunderson Lutheran Hospital, LaCross, Wisconsin, USA

Accepted for publication January 8, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Arabia, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, PO Box 245071, Tucson, AZ 85724-5071 USA
e-mail: arabia{at}u.arizona.edu

A description of successful management of a patient who developed an empyema as a postoperative complication following the insertion of a CardioWest total artificial heart (TAH) as a bridge to cardiac transplantation is presented. By using traditional methods of management, the patient recovered and went on to transplant.






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