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SUBMITTER: Kim YW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5796613 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Young Woong YW Jung Sung-Ho SH Choo Suk Jung SJ Chung Cheol Hyun CH Lee Jae Won JW Kim Joon Bum JB
The Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 20180205 1
<h4>Background</h4>Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a serious complication of cardiac valve replacement, and many patients with PVE require reoperation. The aim of this study was to review our institutional 20-year experience of surgical reoperative valve replacement in patients with PVE.<h4>Methods</h4>A retrospective study was performed on 84 patients (mean age, 54.8±12.7 years; 51 males) who were diagnosed with PVE and underwent reoperative valve replacement from January 1995 to Decembe ...[more]