Role of mitral valve repair in active infective endocarditis: long term results

Abstract Background Although mitral valve repair is at present the technique of choice in mitral regurgitation (MR) due to degenerative valve disease, long term results in patients with active mitral infective endocarditis (IE) are still under evaluation. Methods In the study were included 34 consec...

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Main Authors: Carlo Rostagno, Enrico Carone, Pier Luigi Stefàno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-017-0604-6