Infectious complications in four long-term recipients of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart.
Kunin CM, Dobbins JJ, Melo JC, Levinson MM, Love K, Joyce LD, DeVries W.
Kunin CM, et al.
JAMA. 1988 Feb 12;259(6):860-4.
JAMA. 1988.
PMID: 3336199
This article describes the infectious complications that occurred among four of the longest-term recipients of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart. Infection arising from the drive lines, with spread to the mediastinal periprosthetic space, was the major limiting factor in long- …
This article describes the infectious complications that occurred among four of the longest-term recipients of the Jarvik-7 artificia …