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[The surgical treatment of heart defects in active infectious endocarditis]. 1998

G I Tsukerman, and V S Dubrovskiĭ

OBJECTIVE To elucidate significance of early diagnosis and results of surgical treatment of valvular defects in active infectious endocarditis (AIE). METHODS Surgical outcomes were analyzed for 437 AIE patients with active AIE. The operation was made 10 months, on the average, after AIE onset. RESULTS Total hospital lethality made up 11.2%. Total 5-year survival with account for hospital death was 77-80% in replacement of one valve and 61.6% in replacement of two valves (mitral and aortic). In natural course of the disease it was 16%. CONCLUSIONS There was a direct relationship between hospital lethality and admission condition of the patients, advance of the inflammation. This urges early AIE detection and performance of operation before development of irreversible changes in the myocardium and other organs.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009031	Moscow	The capital of Russia.
D004697	Endocarditis, Bacterial	Inflammation of the ENDOCARDIUM caused by BACTERIA that entered the bloodstream. The strains of bacteria vary with predisposing factors, such as CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; or intravenous drug use.	Bacterial Endocarditides,Bacterial Endocarditis,Endocarditides, Bacterial
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006349	Heart Valve Diseases	Pathological conditions involving any of the various HEART VALVES and the associated structures (PAPILLARY MUSCLES and CHORDAE TENDINEAE).	Heart Valvular Disease,Valvular Heart Diseases,Disease, Heart Valvular,Heart Disease, Valvular,Heart Valve Disease,Heart Valvular Diseases,Valve Disease, Heart,Valvular Disease, Heart,Valvular Heart Disease
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D017052	Hospital Mortality	A vital statistic measuring or recording the rate of death from any cause in hospitalized populations.	In-Hospital Mortality,Mortality, Hospital,Hospital Mortalities,In Hospital Mortalities,In Hospital Mortality,Inhospital Mortalities,Inhospital Mortality,Mortalities, In-house,Mortalities, Inhospital,Mortality, In-Hospital,Mortality, Inhospital,Hospital Mortalities, In,Hospital Mortality, In,In-Hospital Mortalities,In-house Mortalities,In-house Mortality,Mortalities, Hospital,Mortalities, In Hospital,Mortalities, In house,Mortalities, In-Hospital,Mortality, In Hospital,Mortality, In-house
D019918	Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation	Surgical insertion of synthetic material to repair injured or diseased heart valves.	Implantation, Heart Valve Prosthesis