One-Year Mortality Remains High In Patients With Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis, No Significant Difference With Early Valve Surgery Vs. Medical Therapy

Prosthetic valve endocarditis (inflammation and infection involving the heart valves and lining of the heart chambers) remains associated with a high one-year mortality rate and early valve replacement does not appear to be associated with lower mortality compared with medical therapy according to a study by Tahaniyat Lalani, M.D., M.H.S., of the Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia, and colleagues...
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