Delayed sternal closure after total artificial heart implantation

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Aug;150(2):417-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.04.057. Epub 2015 May 7.

Authors

Sotirios Spiliopoulos¹, Ruediger Autschbach², Reiner Koerfer³, Gero Tenderich³

Affiliations

¹ Department for the Surgical Therapy of End-stage Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart and Vascular Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany. Electronic address: sotirios.spiliopolos@ejk.de.
² Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, RWTH University Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
³ Department for the Surgical Therapy of End-stage Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart and Vascular Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany.

PMID: 26048272
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.04.057

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MeSH terms

Aged
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Heart Failure / mortality
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Heart Failure / surgery*
Heart, Artificial*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Hemorrhage / etiology
Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects
Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
Prosthesis Implantation / mortality
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Sternotomy* / adverse effects
Sternotomy* / mortality
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Wound Closure Techniques* / adverse effects
Wound Closure Techniques* / mortality