Infectious Complications in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Device: Etiology and Outcomes in the Continuous-Flow Era
- 1 October 2010
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 90 (4), 1270-1277
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.04.093
Abstract
No abstract availableFunding Information
- National Institutes of Health (T32-HL007081)
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