The impact of valve surgery on 6-month mortality in left-sided infective endocarditis

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1721-1728

  Tleyjeh, Imad M ^a,e   Ghomrawi, Hassan M K ^b   Steckelberg, James M ^a   Hoskin, Tanya L ^a   Mirzoyev, Zaur ^a   Anavekar, Nandan S ^a   Enders, Felicity ^a   Moustafa, Sherif ^c   Mookadam, Farouk ^d   Huskins, W Charles ^a   Wilson, Walter R ^a   Baddour, Larry M ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Infection; Surgery; Valves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD RATIO; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; AORTA VALVE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247274099     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.658831     Document Type: Article

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