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Nosocomial bloodstream infections in patients with implantable left ventricular assist devices  Steven M Gordon, MD, Steven K Schmitt, MD, Micah Jacobs,

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1 Nosocomial bloodstream infections in patients with implantable left ventricular assist devices 
Steven M Gordon, MD, Steven K Schmitt, MD, Micah Jacobs, BS, Nicolas M Smedira, MD, Marlene Goormastic, MPH, Michael K Banbury, MD, Mike Yeager, RN, Janet Serkey, RN, Katherine Hoercher, RN, Patrick M McCarthy, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 72, Issue 3, Pages (September 2001) DOI: /S (01)

2 Fig 1 Interval from implantation of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) to onset of nosocomial bloodstream infection, by pathogen group. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (01) )

3 Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier (K-M) estimates of infection-free time (nosocomial bloodstream infections) by type of left ventricular assist device. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (01) )

4 Fig 3 Kaplan-Meier (K-M) estimates of 6-month survival for patients who underwent cardiac transplantation with and without prior nosocomial bloodstream infection on left ventricular assist device support. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (01) )


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