The surgical approach to infective endocarditis: 10 year experience

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 641-645

  Gerrah, Rabin ^a,b   Rudis, Ehud ^a,b   Elami, Amir ^a,b   Milgalter, Eli ^a,b   Izhar, Uzi ^a,b   Merin, Gideo ^a,b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Repair; Replacement; Surgery; Valve

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; NEUROLOGY;

INFECTION;

SURGERY;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLEEDING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMBOLISM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PRESERVATION; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEPSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141682310     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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