Do all patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis need surgery?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1057-1062

  Attaran, Saina ^a   Chukwuemeka, Andrew ^a   Punjabi, Prakash P ^a   Anderson, Jon ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Prosthetic valve; Review; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EARLY INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART ABSCESS; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHETIC VALVE DYSFUNCTION; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BENCHMARKING; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOCARDITIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870193339     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs372     Document Type: Article

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