Bloodstream Infection Following Cardiac Valve Repair: A Population-Based Study.

Jack W McHughKhawaja M TalhaLarry M BaddourKaren M FischerJuan CrestanelloArman Arghami Daniel C DeSimone

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2021)

The crude incidence of BSI following valve repair was higher in our e-REP cohort than previous population-based studies, and half of the BSI cases occurred within 1 year of surgery. Patients with a higher CCI at baseline were at increased risk of subsequent BSI.

Keyphrases

aortic valve
mitral valve
aortic stenosis
minimally invasive
left ventricular
neuropathic pain
coronary artery bypass
risk factors
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
gram negative
case control
spinal cord
spinal cord injury
multidrug resistant
percutaneous coronary intervention