title: 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) consensus guidelines: Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis: Executive summary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Electronic address: petterg@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Gösta B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Pettersson
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex.
authors.forename: Joseph S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Coselli
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Gösta B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Pettersson
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex.
authors.forename: Joseph S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Coselli
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Syed T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Eugene H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Blackstone
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex.
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: LeMaire
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex.
authors.forename: Laila E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Woc-Colburn
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards*; D032921:Consensus; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000592:standards; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000592:standards*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents
keywords: AATS guidelines; cardiac surgery; infection; infective endocarditis; native valve endocarditis; prosthetic valve endocarditis; valve disease