Aortic root abscess and secondary infective mitral valve disease: results of surgical endocarditis treatment

Objective: Mortality in active infective endocarditis (AIE) is substantial and reinfection can strongly influence outcome. Assessment of factors influencing mortality is important. We studied 108 (33%) patients suffering from root abscess out of a total of 327 AIE patients admitted to the Deutsches...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery 2005-03, Vol.27 (3), p.434-440
Hauptverfasser:	Siniawski, Henryk, Grauhan, Onnen, Hofmann, Michael, Pasic, Miralem, Weng, Yuguo, Yankah, Charles, Lehmkuhl, Hans, Hetzer, Roland
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abscess - physiopathology Abscess - surgery Adult Aged Aortic rootabscess Aortic Valve - surgery Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Destructive endocarditis Double valve endocarditis Endocardial and cardiac valvular diseases Endocarditis, Bacterial - physiopathology Endocarditis, Bacterial - surgery Female Heart Heart Valve Diseases - physiopathology Heart Valve Diseases - surgery Heart Valve Prosthesis Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - methods Hospital Mortality Humans Jet lesion Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mitral Valve - surgery Pneumology Postoperative Complications Postoperative Period Prognosis Recurrence Reoperation Risk Factors Secondary mitral valveendocarditis Superstentless valve substitute Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the heart Ventricular Function, Left
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