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The New Strategy in Infective Endocarditis: Early Surgery Based on Early Diagnosis: Are We Too Late, When Early Surgery is Best?
Abstract Patients with infective endocarditis (IE) have a poor prognosis due to complications including congestive heart failure, paravalvular abscess formation, central and peripheral embolism, and hemorrhagic stroke.(1) Patients with IE and congestive heart failure (CHF) have a mortality as high as 50%.(1) The poor prognosis seems not be improved during recent years.(2) In Sweden 7.603 patients with IE received a close follow-up with assessment of the 30-day mortality and 5-year follow-up including autopsy in all fatal events sampled from 1997 to 2007.(2) During the observation period no change of mortality was ...
Source: Circulation - December 5, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Erbel RA Tags: Circulation Source Type: research