Experience of treatment of prosthetic valve endocarditis: a retrospective single-center cross-sectional study.
Matheus de Oliveira AndradeGabriel Elias Salmen RaffoulMurilo Teixeira MacedoClaudia Neto Gonçalves Neves da SilvaMaria Aparecida Santos TeixeiraSônia Jaciara Neto PontesMauricio DaherClaudio Ribeiro da CunhaFernando Antibas AtikPublished in: Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina (2018)
Prosthetic valve endocarditis is an infrequent complication of valve replacement. Surgical treatment has mortality rates compatible with the severity of patients' conditions. Surgical indication should not be delayed when clinical treatment has been ineffective.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- mitral valve
- aortic stenosis
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- heart failure
- cardiovascular events
- cardiovascular disease
- type diabetes
- risk factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- coronary artery disease
- combination therapy
- atrial fibrillation