Observation on therapeatic effect of surgical treatment for infective endocarditis
YAO Qing
XU Dong
LIU Yanhui
LI Hongli
Abstract：Objective To evaluate the impact of surgical treatment for infective endocarditis in short and long term period.Analysis the risk facts of in hospital mortality .Methods From January 2002 to June 2013, consecutive 16 cases who meets Duke diagnostic criteria and treated with primary infective endocarditis were studied retrospectively .The primary end-point events with infective endocarditis -related include death, reoperation, and infective endocarditis recurrence .Results 16 patients included 12 males and 4 females, male to female ratio was 3∶1, age 25.0 -60.6 (46.7 ±13.9) years old, mitral valve replacement in 9 patients, 4 cases of aortic valve replacement , mitral combined aortic valve replacement with three ca -ses, 30 d mortality rate was 18.8% (3 /16).Follow-up of 12 cases, follow-up time 0 -137 (42.3 ±5.0) months, the 5-year survival rate was 80.0%, the main cause of late death was heart failure , infective endocarditis recurrence .Conclusion Infective endocarditis is still a high mortality disease , heart color ultrasound can improve the diagnosis rate of early surgical help to improve the long-term effects.
Keywords：EndocarditisinfectiveSurgical treatmentClinical effect
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 236-238 )