PMID- 6691634
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19840223
LR  - 20041117
IS  - 0003-1348 (Print)
IS  - 0003-1348 (Linking)
VI  - 50
IP  - 1
DP  - 1984 Jan
TI  - Valve replacement for native valve endocarditis.
PG  - 40-2
AB  - Over a 10-year period (1972-1981) 40 valves were replaced in 35 patients with 
      native valve endocarditis. Hospital mortality was 17 per cent (6/35). Long-term 
      follow-up is current in 27 of 29 survivors. Twenty-three of these patients are 
      alive with a mean follow-up of 44.7 months (11-91 months) and an overall survival 
      of 70 per cent. Eighty-seven per cent of the long-term survivors are New York 
      Heart Association (NYHA) Class I or II. In our series, anular or myocardial 
      abscess was an ominous finding; only 25 per cent (2/8) of these patients were 
      alive at long-term follow-up. When abscess was not present, early operation (less 
      than 4 weeks of preoperative antibiotic therapy) was associated with better 
      long-term survival (91%) than was late operation (greater than 4 weeks of 
      preoperative antibiotic therapy, 79%).
FAU - Weaver, J P
AU  - Weaver JP
FAU - Crawford, F A Jr
AU  - Crawford FA Jr
FAU - Kratz, J M
AU  - Kratz JM
FAU - Sade, R M
AU  - Sade RM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Am Surg
JT  - The American surgeon
JID - 0370522
SB  - IM
MH  - Abscess/complications
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aortic Valve
MH  - Cardiomyopathies/complications
MH  - Child
MH  - Endocarditis, Bacterial/*surgery
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Heart Valve Diseases/mortality/*surgery
MH  - *Heart Valve Prosthesis/mortality
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Mitral Valve
MH  - Tricuspid Valve
EDAT- 1984/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 2001/03/28 10:01
CRDT- 1984/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1984/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/03/28 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 1984/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am Surg. 1984 Jan;50(1):40-2.