Aortic valve endocarditis in patients with bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valves.

Journal: JTCVS open
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the long-term survival and rate of reoperation after surgical treatment of infective endocarditis (IE) in patients with a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and patients with a tricuspid aortic valve (TAV).

Authors

  • Tan Le
    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • Nathan J Graham
    University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • Aroma Naeem
    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • Jeffrey Clemence
    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • Juan Caceres
    University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • Xiaoting Wu
    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • Himanshu J Patel
    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • Karen M Kim
    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • G Michael Deeb
    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • Bo Yang
    Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 311121, China.

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