The objective of our study was to assess the long-term outcome of patients with prosthetic
valve endocarditis. We used a multicenter, prospective, observational study design. Six …

We analyzed the outcome of 116 patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis treated between
1975 and 1983 and used multivariate analysis to identify risk factors for in-hospital mortality …

Objective: To compare the early and late outcome of medical and surgical treatment in
patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis within a single unit. Design: All patients with …

OBJECTIVE: To compare early and late outcome of patients with prosthetic valve
endocarditis treated medically versus surgically and to determine predictors of in-hospital …

From 1975 through 1992, we reoperated on 146 patients for the treatment of prosthetic valve
endocarditis. Prosthetic valve endocarditis was considered to be early (< 1 year after …

In 38 cases of prosthetic valve endocarditis, 19 were early cases (onset≦ 60 days after
insertion of prosthesis) and 19, late cases (onset≧ 60 days). Nine late cases had onsets 12 …

Prosthetic valve endocarditis remains an infrequent but serious complication of cardiac
valvular replacement Prosthetic valve endocarditis was diagnosed in 56 (1.8%) of 3200 …

Between 1975 and 1990, 70 episodes of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) were
diagnosed in 65 patients at Leiden University Hospital. The overall mortality rate was 27 …

The aim of this study was to assess the impact of an operative protocol with a
multidisciplinary approach on the outcome of patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis …

Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) was shown in 46 patients out of a group of 2163 carrying
prosthetic heart valves. The cumulative rate of early PVE was 1· 4% and 1· 5% for PVE …