title: Early valve repair or replacement is not generally contraindicated in patients with infective endocarditis and stroke with or without intracranial haemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland thierry.carrel@insel.ch.
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carrel
mesh_terms: D004696:Endocarditis / Q000601:surgery*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D020521:Stroke
keywords: Cerebral complications; Infective endocarditis; Timing of surgery