Postoperative Inflammation and Fever After Elective Aortic Valve and Aortic Root Replacement: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Fever after cardiac surgery is common. More knowledge of postoperative fever could lead to better patient selection for diagnostic workup and empirical antibiotic treatment. We aimed to analyze the postoperative course of inflammation and fever after elective aortic valve and aortic root replacement...

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Veröffentlicht in:Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023-01, Vol.10 (1), p.ofad015-ofad015
Hauptverfasser: Keijmel, Stephan P, Zwartkruis, Iris M M, Jongenotter, Jochem, Geuzebroek, Guillaume S C, Kouijzer, Ilse J E
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Zusammenfassung:Fever after cardiac surgery is common. More knowledge of postoperative fever could lead to better patient selection for diagnostic workup and empirical antibiotic treatment. We aimed to analyze the postoperative course of inflammation and fever after elective aortic valve and aortic root replacement. In a retrospective single-center cohort study, we included 3 groups of patients after elective cardiac surgery: aortic root with aortic valve replacement (Bentall procedure, from 2014 to 2021), valve-sparing root replacement (VSRR, from 2014 to 2021), and isolated surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR, from 2018 to 2021). Exclusion criteria were age
ISSN:2328-8957
2328-8957
DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofad015