Authors: Natalie Glaser, Veronica Jackson, Martin J. Holzmann, Anders Franco-Cereceda, Ulrik Sartipy
Summary:
Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is the most severe form of infective endocarditis and accounts for 20% of all cases of infective endocarditis.1,2 However, studies reporting the incidence of PVE after surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) are scarce and based mainly on noncontemporary patient cohorts. Whether PVE affects biological and mechanical aortic valves to the same extent remains unknown. Therefore, we investigated the incidence and risk of PVE after surgical AVR in patients with biological and mechanical valves.
Source:
Circulation; 2017, 136 (3): 329