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
2021
Outcomes for extensive infective endocarditis: One, no one, and one hundred thousand
Amabile A, Weininger G, Geirsson A. Outcomes for extensive infective endocarditis: One, no one, and one hundred thousand. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2021, 36: 4682-4683. PMID: 34549459, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommentary: Isolated Native Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis: ‘Repair When Feasible’ as the Miracle Cure?
Amabile A, Mori M, Geirsson A. Commentary: Isolated Native Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis: ‘Repair When Feasible’ as the Miracle Cure? Seminars In Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2021, 34: 500-501. PMID: 34133946, DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.05.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLemierre–like syndrome and infective endocarditis: A triumph of eponyms
Amabile A, Geirsson A. Lemierre–like syndrome and infective endocarditis: A triumph of eponyms. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2021, 36: 3450-3451. PMID: 34091965, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15728.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
“Crab‐like” mitral valve endocarditis
Amabile A, Williams EE, Di Luozzo G, Balaram SK. “Crab‐like” mitral valve endocarditis. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2019, 35: 425-426. PMID: 31816121, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14368.Peer-Reviewed Original Research