Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Neurological Complications of Infective Endocarditis: Impact on Surgical Management and Prognosis.

Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Neurological Complications of Infective Endocarditis: Impact on Surgical Management and Prognosis.

Symptomatic neurological complications (NC) are a major cause of mortality in infective endocarditis (IE) but the impact of asymptomatic complications is unknown. We aimed to assess the impact of asymptomatic NC (AsNC) on the management and prognosis of IE.From the database of cases collected for a...

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Main Authors: Christine Selton-Suty, François Delahaye, Pierre Tattevin, Claire Federspiel, Vincent Le Moing, Catherine Chirouze, Pierre Nazeyrollas, Véronique Vernet-Garnier, Yvette Bernard, Sidney Chocron, Jean-François Obadia, François Alla, Bruno Hoen, Xavier Duval, AEPEI (Association pour l'Etude et la Prévention de l'Endocardite Infectieuse)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4939966?pdf=render

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