Why the study?
Does surgical treatment for isolated right-sided infective endocarditis result in better survival compared to combined right and left-sided endocarditis?
Population
79 patients undergoing 84 operations for right-sided active infective endocarditis.
Comparison
Surgical treatment for isolated right-sided… vs Surgical treatment for combined right and…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 3.59 years (range 6 months-19.27 years)
Authors
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Surgery for isolated RSE was associated with higher survival; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice for RLSE.
Does surgical treatment for isolated right-sided infective endocarditis result in better survival compared to combined right and left-sided endocarditis?
Surgical treatment of isolated right-sided infective endocarditis yields significantly better early and long-term survival compared to cases with combined left heart involvement.
Musci et al. (2007) studied this question.
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