Surgery for infective endocarditis complicated by cerebral embolism: A consecutive series of 375 patients

• Published in: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 147; no. 6; pp. 1837 - 1846
• Main Authors: Misfeld, Martin, MD, PhD, Girrbach, Felix, MD, Etz, Christian D., MD, PhD, Binner, Christian, MD, Aspern, Konstantin V., MD, Dohmen, Pascal M., MD, PhD, Davierwala, Piroze, MD, Pfannmueller, Bettina, MD, PhD, Borger, Michael A., MD, PhD, Mohr, Friedrich-Wilhelm, MD, PhD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Mosby, Inc 01.06.2014
• Subjects: Aged; Asymptomatic Diseases; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - adverse effects; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - mortality; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Cerebral Angiography - methods; Cerebral Hemorrhage - etiology; Endocarditis - complications; Endocarditis - diagnosis; Endocarditis - mortality; Endocarditis - surgery; Female; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Intracranial Embolism - diagnosis; Intracranial Embolism - etiology; Intracranial Embolism - mortality; Ischemic Attack, Transient - etiology; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Middle Aged; Paresis - etiology; Proportional Hazards Models; Risk Factors; Stroke - etiology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; computed tomography; 35.2; CT; acute infective endocarditis; 26.1.3; 26.1.4; AIE

Objective To determine the influence of silent and symptomatic cerebral embolism on outcome of urgent/emergent surgery after acute infective endocarditis (AIE). Methods From a total of 1571 patients with AIE admitted to our institution between May 1995 and March 2012 about one-quarter (375 patients;...