Sing-Siou Tsai, Victor Chien-Chia Wu, Yi-Hsin Chan, Dong-Yi Chen, Yu-Ting Cheng, Kuo-Chun Hung, Fu-Chih Hsiao, Ying-Chang Tung, Chia-Pin Lin, Pao-Hsien Chu, Yen Chu, Shao-Wei Chen
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the association between early surgery and the risk of mortality in patients with left-sided infective endocarditis in the context of stroke. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: This study was a multiinstitution study based on the Chang Gung Research Database, which contains electronic medical records from 7 hospitals in northern and southern Taiwan; these include 2 medical centers, 2 regional hospitals, and 3 district hospitals...
February 15, 2024: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia