Active infective endocarditis: low mortality associated with early surgical treatment
- 1 April 2000
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Cardiovascular Surgery
- Vol. 8 (3) , 208-213
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0967-2109(99)00107-6
Abstract
Background: Early surgical treatment is important for successful outcome in selected cases of active, either native (NVE) or prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE). The aim of this study was to evaluate the early results of the surgical treatment of active NVE and PVE.Keywords
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