Conservative Versus Surgical Therapy in Patients With Infective Endocarditis and Surgical Indication—Meta‐Analysis of Reconstructed Time‐to‐Event Data

Conservative Versus Surgical Therapy in Patients With Infective Endocarditis and Surgical Indication—Meta‐Analysis of Reconstructed Time‐to‐Event Data

Background Infective endocarditis represents a life‐threatening disease with high mortality rates. A fraction of patients receives exclusively conservative antibiotic treatment due to their comorbidities and high operative risk, despite fulfilling criteria for surgical therapy. The aim of the presen...

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Main Authors: Tulio Caldonazo, Stefan Hagel, Torsten Doenst, Hristo Kirov, Michel Pompeu Sá, Xander Jacquemyn, Panagiotis Tasoudis, Marcus Franz, Mahmoud Diab
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-04-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
conservative therapy
heart surgery
infective endocarditis
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.123.033404

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