[Prevention of Driveline Infection in the HeartMate 3 Era].

The current European and United States durable left ventricular assist device( LVAD) registry with HeartMate 3 did not show the improvement of device related infection in the long-term period, even though the early result was getting better because of the improvement of patient selections and surgical techniques. Driveline management protocol was crucial to prevent long-term driveline infection, however, there is no common one and each facility needs to make own protocol. We present our own driveline management protocol derived from our historical experiences and evaluate the effectiveness of our protocol for the prevention of driveline infections.