Impact of Microbiological Organism Type on Surgically Managed Endocarditis.

CONCLUSIONS: Organism type influences the operative mortality for left-sided endocarditis. Surgery for left-sided and prosthetic valve endocarditis is associated with higher operative mortality. Risk adjustment for operative outcomes in endocarditis may need to account for microbiological organism type. PMID: 31103387 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - May 15, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Williams JB, Shah AA, Zhang S, Jung SH, Yerokun B, Vemulapalli S, Smith PK, Gammie JS, Gaca JG Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research