Heart transplantation as salvage therapy for progressive prosthetic valve endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE)

BACKGROUND: Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) has the highest in-hospital mortality among all cases of infective endocarditis (IE), it is estimated at about 40 %. Orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) as a measure of last resort, may be considered in selected cases where repeated surgical procedu...

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Autores principales: Borde, J. P., Sitaru, G., Kopp, W. H., Ruhparwar, A., Ehlermann, P., Lasitschka, F., Dalpke, A., Heininger, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4939521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27400724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-016-0505-0

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