Valve selection in aortic valve endocarditis
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Valve selection in aortic valve endocarditis
Aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a potentially life-threatening disease. Mortality and incidence of infective endocarditis have been reduced in the past 30 years. Medical treatment of aortic PVE may be successful in patients who have a prompt response after antibiotic treatment and who do not have prosthetic dysfunction. In advanced stages, antibiotic therapy alone is insufficient ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Polish Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1731-5530
DOI: 10.5114/kitp.2016.62605