Survival and Recurrence of Endocarditis following Mechanical vs. Biological Aortic Valve Replacement for Endocarditis in Patients Aged 40 to 65 Years: Data from the INFECT-Registry.
Antonio SalsanoMichele Di MauroLaura LabateAlessandro Della CorteFederica Lo PrestiMichele De BonisCinzia TrumelloMauro RinaldiErik Cura SturaGuglielmo Actis DatoGiuseppe PuntaFrancesco NicoliniDavide CarinoCarlo De VincentiisAndrea GarattiGiangiuseppe CappabiancaAndrea MusazziDiego CugolaMaurizio MerloDavide PaciniGianluca FolesaniSandro SpongaIgor VendraminAlberto Pilozzi CasadoFrancesco RosatoElisa MikusCarlo SaviniFrancesco OnoratiGiovanni Battista LucianiRoberto ScrofaniFrancesco EpifaniFrancesco MusumeciAntonio LioAndrea ColliGiosuè FalcettaSalvatore NicolardiSalvatore ZaccariaEnrico VizzardiAntonio PantaleoGiuseppe MinnitiEmmanuel VillaMargherita Dalla TombaFrancesco PollariFabio BariliAlessandro ParolariRoberto LorussoFrancesco Santininull nullPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
The present analysis of the INFECT-REGISTRY shows increased survival and reduced recurrence of endocarditis after a mechanical aortic valve prosthesis implant for IE in middle-aged patients.