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Area of Science:

  • Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Infective Endocarditis Research
  • Aortic Valve Disease Management

Background:

  • Aortic valve infective endocarditis (IE) with aortic root abscess presents significant morbidity and mortality.
  • Surgical intervention for aortic root abscess involves either repair or replacement.
  • Comparing outcomes of these two strategies is crucial for patient management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare short- and mid-term outcomes of aortic root repair versus replacement in patients with aortic valve IE and root abscess.
  • To identify predictors of mortality in this patient population.

Main Methods:

  • A retrospective analysis of consecutive patients undergoing cardiac surgery for active aortic valve IE with root abscess (January 2012-January 2022).
  • Comparison of patients undergoing aortic root repair versus aortic root replacement.
  • Utilized inverse propensity weighting to adjust for confounders and analyzed mortality, recurrent IE, and re-intervention rates over two years.

Main Results:

  • Seventy-three patients were analyzed; 56 underwent root repair and 17 underwent root replacement.
  • Patients receiving root replacement had higher surgical risk (EuroSCORE II) and more extensive disease.
  • Inverse propensity weighted analysis showed no significant difference in outcomes between repair and replacement strategies.
  • Higher EuroSCORE II and disease extension were significant predictors of 30-day and 2-year mortality.

Conclusions:

  • Aortic root repair is typically performed in lower-risk patients with less extensive disease.
  • Short- and mid-term mortality, recurrent IE, and re-intervention rates were comparable between aortic root repair and replacement.
  • Surgical risk and disease extension are key predictors of mortality, outweighing the choice of surgical strategy.