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  • Title: [Prosthesis endocarditis--a surgical indication!].
    Author: Stulz P, Pfisterer M, Hasse J, Grädel E.
    Journal: Schweiz Med Wochenschr; 1984 Nov 10; 114(45):1586-8. PubMed ID: 6515355.
    Abstract:
    The authors summarize their experience of the management of 26 patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis. Out of 11 patients who did not undergo surgery, 8 were treated medically, with 9 early deaths (mortality 75%). 15 patients were treated surgically with 3 deaths caused by resistant infection (mortality 20%). Prosthetic valve endocarditis remains a dangerous complication of valve replacement, and the authors recommend immediate valve replacement in all patients with infected mechanical valves.
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