title: [Outcomes of the surgical treatment of infectious endocarditis in a single institute for 13-years].
abstract: Recently, due to the progress in patient managements with antibiotics, the prognosis of the active phase infectious endocarditis (IE) has improved, but in some cases, urgent or emergent surgical treatment is inevitable because of the uncontrollable acute heart failure due to valve regurgitation, uncontrollable infection with circulatory collapse, or high embolization risk. We reviewed the outcomes of the 57 IE patients who underwent surgical treatment in our hospital from January, 2000 to April, 2012. Preoperative state including inflammatory responses, bacterial blood culture, antibiotic administration, and surgical procedures were examined. No statistical significances were detected in the mortalities between elective cases (n=43)and urgent or emergent cases (n=14). Totally, mortality was 5.3% including one case in prosthetic valve endocarditis, and was satisfactory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan.
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Irisawa
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itatani
authors.forename: Takamichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Kenjirou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakaki
authors.forename: Miyuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomoyasu
authors.forename: Norihiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: Naoji
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hanayama
authors.forename: Shinzou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Torii
authors.forename: Kagami
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyaji
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult