The Clinical Impact of Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Endocarditis Team

CONCLUSIONS: Implementation of a multidisciplinary endocarditis team was associated with a significant 1-year decrease in all-cause in-hospital mortality for patients with definite endocarditis and surgical indications, in the presence of notable differences between the two studied cohorts. In conjunction with previous studies demonstrating their effectiveness, this data supports that widespread adoption of endocarditis teams in North America could improve outcomes for this patient population.PMID:33662308 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.02.027

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - March 4, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Sami El-Dalati Daniel Cronin James Riddell Michael Shea Richard L Weinberg Laraine Washer Emily Stoneman D Alexander Perry Suzanne Bradley James Burke Sadhana Murali Christopher Fagan Rishi Chanderraj Paul Christine Twisha Patel Kirra Ressler Shinichi Fuk Source Type: research