Infective Endocarditis: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Mortality, as Related to Surgical Timing and Infectious Organism

AUTOR(ES)

Attum, Abdulla A.

RESUMO

To evaluate the timing of surgical treatment in infective endocarditis and to determine the relationship between the risk of mortality and the species of infectious organism, we reviewed a consecutive series of 65 cases involving patients with infective endocarditis who had been treated over a 17-year period. The patients included 41 males and 24 females, who ranged in age from 6 to 85 years (mean, 39.3 years). Forty-five had native valve endocarditis, 14 had prosthetic valve endocarditis, and six had endocarditis associated with congenital heart defects.

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