Heart Surgery Patients At Risk For Deadly Infection, CDC Cautions
( CNN) Patients who have undergone open heart surgeries since 2012 may be at risk of a life-threatening infection linked to a medical device used during their operations, health officials advised Thursday.
Patients who have had valve implants or prosthetic product implants are at higher risk of infection with a bacterial species of nontuberculous mycobacterium( NTM ), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Based on the number of surgeries conducted over the past four years, an estimated 600,000 patients are at risk for a potential infection.
Heart Surgery Patients At Risk For Deadly Infection, CDC Cautions
Heart Surgery Patients At Risk For Deadly Infection, CDC Cautions
Heart Surgery Patients At Risk For Deadly Infection, CDC Cautions
Heart Surgery Patients At Risk For Deadly Infection, CDC Cautions
Heart Surgery Patients At Risk For Deadly Infection, CDC Cautions