High Risk of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis and Death After Valve Replacement Operations in Dialysis Patients Danielle K. Farrington, MD, Patrick D. Kilgo, MS, Vinod H. Thourani, MD, Jesse T. Jacob, MD, James P. Steinberg, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 101, Issue 6, Pages 2217-2223 (June 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.11.017 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival without prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) in each of the dialysis and non-dialysis shows a much higher rate of PVE in the dialysis group compared to the non-dialysis group. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 2217-2223DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.11.017) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier estimates shows that both short-term and long-term survival were significantly reduced in the dialysis group compared to the nondialysis group. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 2217-2223DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.11.017) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions