Status post LVAD with history of drive line infection. There is 1.9 x 2.3 cm hypoechoic fluid collection extending superficially from the drivelineto the skin surface, new from the prior study. This may follow the tract of previous instrumentation. There are no significant surrounding hyperemic changes.
Fluid tracking from the transplant to the skin surface. Superinfection of this fluid cannot be ruled out. The fluid may be filling a tract from prior instrumentation.