Heart transplantation as salvage therapy for progressive prosthetic valve endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE)
Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) has the highest in-hospital mortality among all cases of infective endocarditis (IE), it is estimated at about 40 %. Orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) as a measure of last resort, may be considered in selected cases where repeated surgical procedures and cons...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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11 July 2016
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Journal of cardiothoracic surgery
Year: 2016, Jahrgang: 11 |
| ISSN: | 1749-8090 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13019-016-0505-0 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-016-0505-0 |
| Verfasserangaben: | J. P. Borde, G. Sitaru, W. H. Kopp, A. Ruhparwar, P. Ehlermann, F. Lasitschka, A. Dalpke, and A. Heininger |
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Heart transplantation as salvage therapy for progressive prosthetic valve endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE)
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