The Association Between Surgical Indications, Operative Risk and Clinical Outcome in Infective Endocarditis: A Prospective Study From the International Collaboration on Endocarditis.

CONCLUSIONS: -Surgical decision-making in IE is largely consistent with established guidelines, although nearly one-quarter of patients with surgical indications do not undergo surgery. Operative risk assessment by STS-IE score provides prognostic information for survival beyond the operative period. S. aureus IE was significantly associated with non-surgical management. PMID: 25480814 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Circulation - December 5, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Chu VH, Park LP, Athan E, Delahaye F, Freiberger T, Lamas C, Miro JM, Mudrick DW, Strahilevitz J, Tribouilloy C, Durante-Mangoni E, Pericas JM, Fernández-Hidalgo N, Nacinovich F, Rizk H, Krajinovic V, Giannitsioti E, Hurley JP, Hannan MM, Wang A Tags: Circulation Source Type: research