Value of surgery for infective endocarditis in dialysis patients.

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To determine the value of surgery for infective endocarditis (IE) in patients on hemodialysis by comparing the nature and invasiveness of endocarditis in hemodialysis and nonhemodialysis patients and their hospital and long-term outcomes, and identifying risk factors for time-related mortality after surgery.

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Journal

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.

Title: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1097-685X

ISSN (Print): 0022-5223

Publication date (Electronic): Jul 2017

Volume: 154

Issue: 1

Affiliations

[1 ] Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

[2 ] Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

[3 ] Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

[4 ] Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

[5 ] Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

[6 ] Department of Infectious Disease, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

[7 ] Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

[8 ] Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Electronic address: petterg@ccf.org.

Article

Publisher Item ID: S0022-5223(17)30553-6

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.02.063

PubMed ID: 28633210

SO-VID: 7ef756dc-9996-43ee-993c-4463844e051a

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Keywords: reoperation,survival,valve surgery

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Keywords: reoperation, survival, valve surgery

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