Suspected involvement of EPTFE membrane in sterile intrathoracic abscess and pericardial empyema in a multi-allergic LVAD recipient : a case report

  • Device-related infections in recipients of left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) have been recognized as a major source of morbidity and mortality. They require a high level of diagnostic effort as part of the overall burden resulting from infectious complications in LVAD recipients. We present a multi-allergic patient who was treated for persistent sterile intrathoracic abscess formation and pericardial empyema following minimally invasive LVAD implantation including use of a sheet of e-polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) membrane to restore pericardial integrity. Sterile abscess formation and pericardial empyema recurred after surgical removal until the ePTFE membrane was removed, suggesting that in disposed patients, ePTFE may be related to sterile abscess formation or sterile empyema.

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Author:Angela KornbergerORCiDGND, Veronika Walter, Mahmud Khalil, Panagiotis Therapidis, Birgit AßmusORCiDGND, Anton Moritz, Andrés Beiras FernándezGND, Ulrich Alfred StockORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-380115
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-015-0305-y
ISSN:1749-8090
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26183430
Parent Title (English):Journal of cardiothoracic surgery
Publisher:BioMed Central
Place of publication:London
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2015/07/17
Date of first Publication:2015/07/17
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2015/09/06
Tag:LVAD; ePTFE membrane; pericardial empyema; sterile abscess
Volume:10
Issue:99
Page Number:6
First Page:1
Last Page:6
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© 2015 Kornberger et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
HeBIS-PPN:370927192
Institutes:Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0

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