title: Outcome of patients requiring valve surgery during active infective endocarditis. Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Clinico, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain. cmestres@clinic.ub.es
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Mestres
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D016983:Enterococcus; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*