Optimum surgical treatment for tricuspid valve infective endocarditis: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons national database
Author(s) -
Mark S. Slaughter,
Vinay Badhwar,
Mickey S. Ising,
Brian L. Ganzel,
Kristen SellDottin,
Oliver K. Jawitz,
Shuaiqi Zhang,
Jaimin R. Trivedi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.458
H-Index - 192
eISSN - 1085-8687
pISSN - 0022-5223
DOI - 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.10.124
Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , tricuspid valve , odds ratio , surgery , incidence (geometry) , infective endocarditis , intravenous drug , cardiology , physics , optics , virus , virology , viral disease
The incidence of intravenous drug-associated tricuspid valve endocarditis in the United States is rapidly increasing. Our goal was to evaluate the outcomes of isolated tricuspid valve operations using the Society of Thoracic Surgeon Adult Cardiac Surgical Database.
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