Do We Currently Have Guidelines to Select an Adequate Prosthetic Valve to Surgically Treat Active Infective Endocarditis?

Active infective endocarditis is a devastating disease with high morbidity and mortality, which generally needs surgery and appropriate antimicrobial therapy. Selecting an adequate valve prosthesis is a central issue during surgery. This editorial discusses the recent literature available on this im...

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Autor principal: Dohmen, Pascal M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2014
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4265230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25135588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40119-014-0025-8
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spelling pubmed-42652302014-12-16 Do We Currently Have Guidelines to Select an Adequate Prosthetic Valve to Surgically Treat Active Infective Endocarditis? Dohmen, Pascal M. Cardiol Ther Commentary Active infective endocarditis is a devastating disease with high morbidity and mortality, which generally needs surgery and appropriate antimicrobial therapy. Selecting an adequate valve prosthesis is a central issue during surgery. This editorial discusses the recent literature available on this important topic. Springer Healthcare 2014-01-23 2014-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4265230/ /pubmed/25135588 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40119-014-0025-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2014 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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Do We Currently Have Guidelines to Select an Adequate Prosthetic Valve to Surgically Treat Active Infective Endocarditis?
title Do We Currently Have Guidelines to Select an Adequate Prosthetic Valve to Surgically Treat Active Infective Endocarditis?
title_full Do We Currently Have Guidelines to Select an Adequate Prosthetic Valve to Surgically Treat Active Infective Endocarditis?
title_fullStr Do We Currently Have Guidelines to Select an Adequate Prosthetic Valve to Surgically Treat Active Infective Endocarditis?
title_full_unstemmed Do We Currently Have Guidelines to Select an Adequate Prosthetic Valve to Surgically Treat Active Infective Endocarditis?
title_short Do We Currently Have Guidelines to Select an Adequate Prosthetic Valve to Surgically Treat Active Infective Endocarditis?
title_sort do we currently have guidelines to select an adequate prosthetic valve to surgically treat active infective endocarditis?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4265230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25135588
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