2024
Surgical treatment and outcomes in aortic valve endocarditis and perivalvular abscesses
Degife E, Morrison A, Mahmood S, Ragnarsson S, Amabile A, Assi R, Vallabjoyshula P, Geirsson A. Surgical treatment and outcomes in aortic valve endocarditis and perivalvular abscesses. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 29373. PMID: 39592664, PMCID: PMC11599902, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-79256-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAortic Root AbscessAortic valve endocarditisProsthetic valve endocarditisRoot abscessValve endocarditisPerivalvular abscessSurgical treatmentIncreased morbidityAortic valve infective endocarditisPredictors of operative mortalityActive aortic valve endocarditisFive-year survivalPresence of abscessAortocavitary fistulaeEndocarditis surgeryOperative mortalityRoot replacementInfective endocarditisCardiac surgeryPerioperative characteristicsPreoperative imagingHeart blockRepair groupEndocarditisComplex repair
2023
Aortic root allograft reoperations
Witten J, Umana-Pizano J, Houghtaling P, Insler J, Erten O, Nowicki E, Svensson L, Blackstone E, Unai S, Pettersson G. Aortic root allograft reoperations. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2023, 168: 440-452.e14. PMID: 37074251, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.02.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructural valve deteriorationAllograft reoperationInfective endocarditisValve deteriorationAllograft preservationAortic valve infective endocarditisRisk of reoperationReoperation techniquesOperative mortalityAllograft explantsSurgical approachExcellent outcomesAdverse eventsPerioperative eventsReoperationEndocarditisAllograftRisk factorsLower mortalityInvestigate outcomesMortalityOperative adverse eventsMorbidityPatientsOutcomes
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