Medical treatment or surgical intervention? A cooperative retrospective study on infective endocarditis. Timing of operation.

Infective endocarditis. Considerations for the timing of surgical intervention and type of infecting microorganism.

To determine the appropriate timing for surgical intervention in infective endocarditis (IE), we evaluated 24 patients (17 males, 6 females, with one included twice) who underwent surgical intervention for IE of native valves (NVE, n = 21) and prosthetic valves (PVE, n = 3) between January 1989 and September 1994. The mean age was 41 +/- 13 years (range 6 to 64 years). The most common infective...

Surgical intervention for infective endocarditis in a veteran population.

BACKGROUND Surgical management of infective endocarditis can be challenging. Veteran patients are unique because they often have significant comorbidities, and surgical management of endocarditis in this population has not been well described. METHODS Using a prospective database, 46 consecutive patients who underwent valve surgery for acute infective endocarditis between 1987 and 2009 were i...

prosthetic valve endocarditis: early outcome following medical or surgical treatment

background : prosthetic valve endocarditis (pve) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality associated with heart valve replacement surgery. the aim of the present study was to describe the early outcome of treatment in patients with pve in a single center. methods : the data of all the episodes of pve registered at our institution between 2002 and 2007 were collected and analyzed retrosp...

Outcomes after early or late timing of surgery for infective endocarditis with ischaemic stroke: a retrospective cohort study.

OBJECTIVES The timing of cardiac surgery for infective endocarditis with ischaemic stroke remains controversial. METHODS Using a nationwide inpatient database in Japan, we conducted a retrospective observational study. We identified patients aged 20 years or older with ischaemic stroke on admission who were diagnosed with infective endocarditis and underwent cardiac surgery during the initial...

Surgical Management of Infective Endocarditis