MJ DINUBILE - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1982 - Am Coll Physicians The role of surgery before the completion of a standard course of antibiotics in endocarditis continues
to evolve. The most commonly cited indications for surgery include heart failure, repeated
emboli, resistant infection, large vegetations seen by echocardiography, and deep tissue ... Cited by 108 - Related articles - All 3 versions
CH Croft, W Woodward, A Elliott, PJ … - The American journal of …, 1983 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov From 1972 to 1980, 23 patients (Group A) with native valve infective endocarditis underwent
surgical intervention, often for multiple indications, during the active stage of the infective process
because of progressive class III and IV (New York Heart Association) heart failure (12 ... Cited by 120 - Related articles
SG Alsip, EH Blackstone, JW Kirklin, CG Cobbs - The American Journal of …, 1985 - Elsevier Currently, absolute indications for valve replacement during active infective endocarditis include
severe heart failure, the presence of an infecting microorganism that is not susceptible to available
antimicrobial agents, and, in patients with an infected prosthetic valve, an unstable ... Cited by 97 - Related articles - All 3 versions
WR Wilson, ER Giuliani, GK Danielson, JE … - Mayo Clinic proceedings. …, 1982 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Complications of infective endocarditis may be considered as those that involve the heart and
adjacent structures or those that are extracardiac. Congestive heart failure is the most common
serious complication of infective endocarditis and is the leading cause of death among ... Cited by 72 - Related articles
- ►ahajournals.org [PDF] AG WALLACE, WG YOUNG JR, S OSTERHOUT - Circulation, 1965 - Am Heart Assoc THE advent of a wide spectrum of bac- tericidal antibiotic agents has enabled physicians to treat
many cases of bacterial endocarditis with a high likelihood of success. There remain,
however, a significant number of patients with endocarditis in whom the infection is more ... Cited by 130 - Related articles - All 3 versions
TE David, J Bos, GT Christakis, PR … - The Annals of …, 1990 - Soc Thorac Surgeons Sixty-two consecutive patients underwent heart valve operation for active infective
endocarditis. There were 42 men and 20 women whose mean age was 49 years (range, 21 to
79 years). The infection was in the aortic valve in 37 patients, the mitral valve in 18, the ... Cited by 76 - Related articles - All 2 versions
- ►ahajournals.org [PDF] JV Richardson, RB Karp, JW Kirklin, WE Dismukes - Circulation, 1978 - Am Heart Assoc SUMMARY The results of surgical and non-surgical treatment of active infective endocarditis
in 182 patients over a 10-year period were analyzed. Heart failure, annular and myocardial
abscesses, heart block, and coronary embolism, seen most frequently with ... Cited by 231 - Related articles - All 4 versions
RI Larbalestier, NM Kinchla, SF Aranki, GS Couper … - Circulation(New York, NY …, 1992 - cat.inist.fr Acute bacterial endocarditis: optimizing surgical results. RI LARBALESTIER, NM
KINCHLA, SF ARANKI, GS COUPER, JJ COLLINS, LH COHN Circulation(New York,
NY) 86:55, 68-74, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1992. Background. ... Cited by 94 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
WR Wilson, GK Danielson, ER Giuliani, JA … - Mayo Clinic …, 1979 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov From January 1961 to July 1974, 138 patients underwent cardiac valve replacement because
of complications of infective endocarditis. The overall operative mortality was higher in patients
with Class IV cardiac functional disability (17%) than in patients with Class III (7%) or II ... Cited by 37 - Related articles
