Surgery changes prognosis in infective endocarditis: The importance of post-surgical clinical evolution

Left-sided infective endocarditis (LSIE) bears a grim prognosis and surgery is needed in more than half of the patients to improve survival. Our hypothesis has been that clinical complications developing after surgery impact prognosis. Among 1075 consecutive episodes of LSIE, 654 (60.7%) underwent c...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of internal medicine 2018-09, Vol.55, p.52-56
Hauptverfasser:	García-Granja, Pablo Elpidio, López, Javier, Vilacosta, Isidre, Sarriá, Cristina, Ladrón, Raquel, Olmos, Carmen, Saéz, Carmen, Gómez, Itziar, San Román, J. Alberto
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Cardiac surgery Cardiac Surgical Procedures - adverse effects Cardiac Surgical Procedures - methods Endocarditis - microbiology Endocarditis - mortality Endocarditis - surgery Female Hospital Mortality Humans Infective endocarditis Logistic Models Male Middle Aged Prognosis Prospective Studies Renal failure Renal Insufficiency - complications Septic shock Shock, Septic - complications Spain - epidemiology
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