La muerte de las células T inducida por la activación y la disfunción inmunológica después de la implantación de un

H J Ankersmit1, S Tugulea, T Spanier

  • 1Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.

Lancet (London, England)
|September 2, 1999
PubMed
Resumen

La implantación de un dispositivo de asistencia ventricular izquierda (LVAD, por sus siglas en inglés) perjudica la función de las células T, aumentando el riesgo de infección. Los receptores de LVAD muestran una inmunidad celular reducida y una mayor susceptibilidad a infecciones oportunistas como la candidiasis.

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