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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:520-521
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Invited commentary

Paul Hendry, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin St, Room H3404B, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1Y 4W7

(Email: phendry@ottawaheart.ca).

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Infection has been an ongoing major concern in patients supported by implantable ventricular assist devices (VADs). Numerous reports have been published during the last 3 decades documenting infection rates that may include septicemias and nondevice-related infections, as well as more surgically specific infections, including local wound, drive-line, and pocket infections. In most studies describing the general experiences with VADs, it is often difficult to tease out the importance of drive-line infections. The article by Zierer and colleagues [1] from Washington University focuses on late onset drive-line infections that are relatively prevalent in the long-term device patients and very difficult to treat.

Although efforts are made to optimize surgical technique for . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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