Survival and quality of life after aortic root replacement with homografts in acute endocarditis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1862-1867

  Perrotta, Sossio ^a   Aljassim, Obaid ^a   Jeppsson, Anders ^a,b   Bech Hanssen, Odd ^a   Svensson, Gunnar ^a,b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLEEDING; CIRCULATION TIME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION TIME; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT INFECTION; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT FORM 36; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STROKE; SUBACUTE ENDOCARDITIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649432790     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.06.100     Document Type: Article

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