Short- and long-term outcomes of surgery for active infective endocarditis: A Tunisian experience

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-245

  Rekik, Sofiene ^a   Trabelsi, Imen ^a   Maaloul, Imed ^a   Hentati, Mourad ^a   Hammami, Adnane ^b   Frikha, Imed ^b   Jemaa, Mounir Ben ^a   Kammoun, Samir ^a  

^a HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Mortality; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNISIA;

ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNISIA;

EID: 68049105174     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.197715     Document Type: Article

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