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Surgery in Infective Endocarditis

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Classical surgical teaching would consider as unwise the implant of a foreign body (a valvular prosthesis) in the site of infection (the active valvular endocarditis). However, since the first reported implantation of a prosthesis during an active endocarditis in 1965 [1], cardiac valve replacement has become an important therapeutic aspect of this infectious disease. This short review seeks to define the objectives, indications and efficacy of cardiac surgery during complicated infective endocarditis.

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  1. J. P. Thys
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  2. F. Jacobs
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  3. S. Motte
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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean Louis Vincent (Assistant-Director) (Assistant-Director)

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Thys, J.P., Jacobs, F., Motte, S. (1987). Surgery in Infective Endocarditis. In: Vincent, J.L. (eds) Update 1987. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83042-6_9

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