Mitral valve reconstruction in the presence of infection

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-290

  Livesey, Steven A ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; EDITORIAL; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP D; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33644555083     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.070581     Document Type: Editorial

References (16)

1. Hoen B, Alla F, Selton-Suty C, et al. Changing profile of infective endocarditis: results of a 1-year survey in France. JAMA 2002;288:75-81.
2. Tornos P, Iung B, Permanyer-Miralda G, et al. Infective endocarditis in Europe: lessons from the Euro heart survey. Heart 2005;91:571-5.
3. Van der Meer JTM, Thompson J, Valkenburg HA, et al. Epidemiology of bacterial endocarditis in the Netherlands. Arch Intern Med 1992;152:1863-8.
4. Wallace SM, Walton BI, Kharbanda RK, et al. Mortality from infective endocarditis: clinical predictors of outcome. Heart 2002;88:53-60.
5. Hoen B, Chirouze C, Cabell CH, et al for the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Study Group. Emergence of endocarditis due to group D streptococci: findings derived from the merged database of the international collaboration on endocarditis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2005;1:12-16.
6. Doukas G, Oc M, Alexiou C, et al. Mitral valve repair for active culture positive infective endocarditis. Heart 2006;92:361-3.
7. Alexiou C, Langley SM, Stafford H, et al. Surgical treatment of infective mitral valve endocarditis: predictors of early and late outcome. J Heart Valve Dis 2000;9:327-34.
8. Mullany CJ, Chua YL, Schaff HV, et al. Early and late outcome after surgical treatment of culture-positive active endocarditis. Mayo Clin Proc 1995;70:517-25.
9. Zegdi R, Debièche M, Latrémouille C, et al. Long-term results of mitral valve repair in active endocarditis. Circulation 2005;111:2532-6.
10. Lee EM, Shapiro LM, Wells FC. Conservative operation for infective endocarditis of the mitral valve. Ann Thorac Surg 1998;65:1087-92.
11. Dreyfus G, Serraf A, Jebara VA, et al. Valve repair in acute endocarditis. Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:706-11.
12. Arnett EN, Roberts WC. Valve ring abscess in active infective endocarditis. Frequency, location, and clues to clinical diagnosis from the study of 95 necropsy patients. Circulation 1976;54:140-5.
13. Chauvaud S, Jebara V, Chachques JC, et al. Valve extension with glutaraldehyde-preserved autologous pericardium. Results in mitral valve repair. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991;102:171-7.
14. Acar C, Tolan M, Berrebi, et al. Homograft replacement of the mitral valve. Graft selection, technique of implantation, and results in forty-three patients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996;111:367-78.
15. Muehrecke DD, Cosgrove DM, Lytle BW, et al. Is there an advantage to repairing infected mitral valves? Ann Thorac Surg 1997;63:1718-24.
16. Iung B, Rousseau-Paziaud J, Cormier B, et al. Contemporary results of mitral valve repair for infective endocarditis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004;43:386-92.