Infective Endocarditis: Controversies and Convictions in the Surgical Treatment

According to our experience, the presence per se of a paravalvular abscess is not a predictor of adverse early surgical outcome2. Difficulties and challenges of the surgical procedures are due to the radical exclusion of the abscess cavity from the circulation and the secure fixation of the implanted prosthesis on a friable tissue. [...]IE caused by microorganisms prone to form abscesses, such as Staphylococcus aureus (SA) or coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, are best treated with early surgery. Surgical management of infective endocarditis: early and long-term mortality analysis. single-center experience and brief literature review.