Open AccessComplicated infective aortic endocarditis: comparison of different surgical strategies†
Author(s) -
Miriam Silaschi,
Niki Nicou,
Ranjit Deshpande,
Sanjay Chaubey,
Max Baghai,
Rafał Dworakowski,
Olaf Wendler
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1569-9293
pISSN - 1569-9285
DOI - 10.1093/icvts/ivx109
Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , infective endocarditis , aortic valve replacement , aortic valve , surgery , cardiology , stenosis
The choice of substitute during aortic valve replacement for infective endocarditis (IE) is still widely debated. We retrospectively reviewed all patients operated for aortic IE and compared groups according to the complexity of IE and substitutes implanted.
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