Cardiac surgery during the acute phase of infective endocarditis: discrepancies between European Society of Cardiology guidelines and practices

Iung, Bernard; Doco‐Lecompte, Thanh; Chocron, Sidney; Strady, C.; Delahaye, François; Le Moing, Vincent; Poyart, Claire; Alla, François; Cambau, Emmanuelle; Tattevin, Pierre; Chirouze, Catherine; Obadia, Jean‐François; Duval, Xavier; Hoen, Bruno

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehv650

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Cardiac surgery during the acute phase of infective endocarditis: discrepancies between European Society of Cardiology guidelines and practices

Published in European Heart Journal • Dec 18, 2015

Authors:

Bernard Iung

Thanh Doco‐Lecompte

Sidney Chocron

Abstract

AIMS: Indications for surgery in acute infective endocarditis (IE) are detailed in guidelines, but their application is not well known. We analysed the agreement between the patient's attending physicians and European Society of Cardiology guidelines regarding indications for surgery. We also assess...

Subject

Medicine

Infective endocarditis

Endocarditis

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