Clinical course and predictors of death in prosthetic valve endocarditis over a 20-year period  Hector Alonso-Valle, MD, PhD, Concepcion Fariñas-Álvarez, MD, PhD, Jose Daniel García-Palomo, MD, PhD, Jose Manuel Bernal, MD, PhD, Rafael Martín-Durán, MD, PhD, Jose Francisco Gutiérrez Díez, MD, PhD, Jose Manuel Revuelta, MD, PhD, M. Carmen Fariñas, MD, PhD  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 139, Issue 4, Pages 887-893 (April 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.05.042 Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Long-term survival of patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis after combined medical and surgical treatment (upper line) or medical treatment alone (lower line). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 139, 887-893DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.05.042) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions