Prosthetic valve endocarditis: Importance of surgical treatment

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 94-98

  Tugtekin, Sems ^a   Matschke, K ^a   Daubner, D ^a   Kappert, U ^a   Schueler, S ^b   Wilbring, M ^a   Knaut, M ^a   Alexiou, K ^a  

^a University Heart Center Dresden   (Germany)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular surgery; Endocarditis; Heart disease; Heart valve surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547793100     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924569     Document Type: Article

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