The role of antiaggregant agents and anticoagulants in the prevention of aortic valve endocarditis: A double-cohort retrospective studyCentral MessagePerspective

The role of antiaggregant agents and anticoagulants in the prevention of aortic valve endocarditis: A double-cohort retrospective studyCentral MessagePerspective

Objective: Antiaggregants (Ag) could prevent infective endocarditis (IE) in preclinical studies. In this study we investigated whether Ag or anticoagulants (Ac) were also protective in humans. Methods: In part I we determined the incidence of IE of bioprosthetic aortic valves (PVE) in 333 consecutiv...

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Main Authors: Hanne Theys, MD, Jef Van den Eynde, BSc, Marie-Christine Herregods, MD, PhD, Philippe Moreillon, MD, PhD, Ruth Heying, MD, PhD, Wouter Oosterlinck, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Series:JTCVS Open
Subjects:
anticoagulants
aortic valve
bioprosthetic valves
infective endocarditis
platelet aggregation inhibitors
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666273621003739

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