Surgical therapy in patients with active infective endocarditis: seven-year single centre experience in a subgroup of 255 patients treated with the Shelhigh® stentless bioprosthesis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 410-417

  Musci, Michele ^a   Siniawski, Henryk ^a   Pasic, Miralem ^a   Weng, Yuguo ^a   Loforte, Antonio ^a   Kosky, Susanne ^a   Yankah, Charles ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioprosthesis; Infective endocarditis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ABSCESS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; STENT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; EMERGENCIES; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46749118937     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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