Commentary: Durable left ventricular assist device infections: A call to arms

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¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. Electronic address: kilica@musc.edu.

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Walker M Blanding et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Nov.

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. 2022 Nov;164(5):1570-1571.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.06.018. Epub 2021 Jun 17.

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. Electronic address: kilica@musc.edu.

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Interhospital variability in health care-associated infections and payments after durable ventricular assist device implant among Medicare beneficiaries.
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