Early surgery reduces mortality in patients with infective endocarditis: Insight from a meta-analysis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 3094-3097

  Chatterjee, Saurav ^a,b   Sardar, Partha ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Meta analysis; Mortality; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LETTER; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALVULOPLASTY;

INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; SURGERY;

EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMANS;

EID: 84885641073     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.04.078     Document Type: Article

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