Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux
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Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss · Jan 1986
[Infectious endocarditis surgically-treated in the active phase. Apropos of 46 cases].
The clinical and microbiological characteristics, the surgical indications and procedures, the evolution and the principal prognostic factors were reviewed in 46 cases of infectious endocarditis operated in the active phase. Using this date, the authors try to determine the optimal time for surgery during the acute active phase of infectious endocarditis. The study population comprised 28 men and 18 women aged 7 to 64 years (average age: 30). ⋯ The surgical procedure was technically complex in 6 cases. Operative mortality was high (18 cases, 39%). The main cause of death was low cardiac output (13 cases).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)