Does positive valvular material culture from patients reoperated for valvular prosthesis dysfunction correlate with postoperative course?

Acta Cardiol. 2004 Apr;59(2):202-3.

Authors

Bogusław Kapelak¹, Krzysztof Wróbel, Jacek Piatek, Rafat Drwita, Paweł Rudziński, Karol Wierzbicki, Dorota Sobczyk, Grzegorz Grudzień, Jerzy Sadowski

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Kraków, Poland.

PMID: 15139669

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Bacteriological Techniques
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / mortality
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / mortality
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Period
Prosthesis Failure
Reoperation