Recurrent Prosthetic Mitral Valve Dehiscence due to Infective Endocarditis: Discussion of Possible Causes |
Ercan, Suleyman
(Department of Cardiology, Gaziantep University School of Medicine)
Altunbas, Gokhan (Department of Cardiology, Kilis State Hospital) Deniz, Hayati (Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gaziantep University School of Medicine) Gokaslan, Gokhan (Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gaziantep University School of Medicine) Bosnak, Vuslat (Department of Infectious Diseases, Gaziantep University School of Medicine) Kaplan, Mehmet (Department of Cardiology, Gaziantep University School of Medicine) Davutoglu, Vedat (Department of Cardiology, Gaziantep University School of Medicine) |
1 | Mansur AJ, Dal Bo CM, Fukushima JT, Issa VS, Grinberg M, Pomerantzeff PM. Relapses, recurrences, valve replacements, and mortality during the long-term follow-up after infective endocarditis. Am Heart J 2001;141:78-86. DOI |
2 | Chu VH, Sexton DJ, Cabell CH, et al. Repeat infective endocarditis: differentiating relapse from reinfection. Clin Infect Dis 2005;41:406-9. DOI |
3 | Baddour LM, Wilson WR, Bayer AS, et al. Infective endocarditis: diagnosis, antimicrobial therapy, and management of complications: a statement for healthcare professionals from the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Councils on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, American Heart Association: endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Circulation 2005; 111:e394-434. DOI |
4 | Oakley CM, Hall RJ. Endocarditis: problems--patients being treated for endocarditis and not doing well. Heart 2001;85: 470-4. DOI |
5 | Habib G, Tribouilloy C, Thuny F, et al. Prosthetic valve endocarditis: who needs surgery?: a multicentre study of 104 cases. Heart 2005;91:954-9. DOI |
6 | Rostagno C, Carone E, Rossi A, Gensini GF, Stefano PL. Surgical treatment in active infective endocarditis: results of a four-year experience. ISRN Cardiol 2011;2011:492543. |
7 | Newton S, Hunter S. What type of valve replacement should be used in patients with endocarditis? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2010;11:784-8. DOI |