Outcomes following heart valve surgery in patients with infective endocarditis and preoperative septic cerebral embolism: insights from the CAMPAIGN study group.
Mateo Marin-CuartasManuela De La CuestaCarolyn WeberElisabeth KrinkeArtur LichtenbergAsen PetrovChristian HaglHug AubinKlaus MatschkeMahmoud DiabMaximilian LuehrPayam AkhyariPhilipp SchnackenburgSems-Malte TugtekinShekhar SahaTorsten DoenstThorsten WahlersMichael A BorgerMartin MisfeldPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2024)
Preoperative septic cerebral embolism in patients with infective endocarditis requiring valve surgery does not negatively affect early or late mortality; therefore, it should not play a major role in deciding if surgery is to be performed.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- aortic valve
- mitral valve
- surgical site infection
- acute kidney injury
- patients undergoing
- heart failure
- cardiovascular events
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- cardiovascular disease
- risk factors
- atrial fibrillation
- coronary artery disease
- brain injury
- blood brain barrier