作者: Marc R. Moon , Edward B. Stinson , D. Craig Miller
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-0620(97)80036-9
关键词: Prosthetic valve endocarditis 、 Heart disease 、 Intensive care medicine 、 Surgery 、 Valve replacement 、 Native valve 、 Fatal disease 、 Surgical treatment 、 Heart valve 、 Endocarditis 、 Medicine
摘要: Since early investigators first suggested that the treatment of endocarditis should include valve replacement for infections not readily controlled with medical therapy alone, role surgery has become expanded, yet refined, to improve outcome patients this potentially fatal disease. Innovative surgical techniques have also been developed in an effort results complex sequelae invasive infections. This article examines current indications intervention, compares various options, and assesses expected short-and long-term after native or prosthetic endocarditis.