Importance of implant technique on risk of major paravalvular leak (PVL) after St. Jude mechanical heart valve replacement: A report from the Artificial Valve Endocarditis Reduction Trial (AVERT)

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 838-843

  Englberger, Lars ^a   Schaff, Hartzell V ^b   Jamieson, W R Eric ^c   Kennard, Elizabeth D ^d   Im, Kyung A ^d   Holubkov, Richard ^e   Carrel, Thierry P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Paravalvular leak; Prosthetic valve endocarditis; Risk factors; Valve surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CUFF; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOLEAK; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PROTECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAVALVULAR LEAK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK FACTORS; SILVER; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 28444484952     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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