Cardiology & Vascular Research
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Surgical Treatment of Valvar Endocarditis
Authors: Edmo Atique Gabriel, Marina Alves Jacintho de Mello, Camila Alcalde Mazza.
Abstract
Infective endocarditis can be described by the trust in its diagnosis (Duke's criterion), by its causative microorganisms, its infectious activity, its location, by affecting a prosthetic or native valve, its pathological characteristics and its cardiac and extracardiac complications. Although endocarditis treatment has improved, endocarditis remains a serious disease. The reasons that led to this study, which aims to address the surgical treatment of valve endocarditis. For that, a bibliographic research was done on the subject.
Citation:
Edmo Atique Gabriel, Marina Alves Jacintho de Mello, Camila Alcalde Mazza. Surgical Treatment of Valvar Endocarditis. 2020; 4(1).
DOI:
10.33425/2639-8486.1066
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