The impact of valve surgery on short-and long-term mortality in left-sided infective endocarditis: Do differences in methodological approaches explain previous conflicting results?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2003-2015

  Bannay, Aurélie ^a,b,c   Hoen, Bruno ^d   Duval, Xavier ^e   Obadia, Jean Franois ^f,g   Selton Suty, Christine ^c   Le Moing, Vincent ^h   Tattevin, Pierre ⁱ   Iung, Bernard ^e   Delahaye, Franois ^f   Alla, Franois ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^e BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^f HCL   (France)

^g HCL   (France)

^h MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Mortality; Propensity analysis; Valve surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART ABSCESS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051985528     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp008     Document Type: Article

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