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[Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis: the Essen experiences]
U Herold1, J Piotrowski, H van de Wal
1Klinik für Thorax- und kardiovaskuläre Chirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Essen. ulf.herold@uni-essen.de
Herz
|October 31, 2001
Abstract
Background:
Instead of immediate diagnosis and effective antibiotic treatment morbidity and mortality in infective endocarditis remains high. If the infection cannot be controlled or the disease progresses irreversible destruction of cardiac structures results.
Surgical Therapy:
In this case surgical therapy should be considered immediately. The outcome of surgical repair is not depending on the implanted prosthesis, but solely on timing of the operation.