Reappraisal of a single-centre policy on the contemporary surgical management of active infective endocarditis

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 169-176

  Caes, Frank ^a   Bové, Thierry ^a   Van Belleghem, Yves ^a   Vandenplas, Guy ^a   Van Nooten, Guido ^a   François, Katrien ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Mortality; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGE; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL TIME; THERAPY DELAY;

ENDOCARDITIS; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BELGIUM; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMORBIDITY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892950161     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt460     Document Type: Article

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