Why the study?
Does mitral valve repair using the Carpentier technique provide favorable long-term survival and freedom from reoperation in patients with active endocarditis?
Population
37 consecutive patients with active endocarditis
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
10 years
Authors
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May inform repair decisions in active endocarditis; leaves open need for randomized comparisons to replacement.
Does mitral valve repair using the Carpentier technique provide favorable long-term survival and freedom from reoperation in patients with active endocarditis?
Mitral valve repair using Carpentier's techniques for active endocarditis demonstrates excellent long-term outcomes, with 80% survival and 91% freedom from reoperation at 10 years.
Zegdi et al. (2005) studied this question.
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