Surgery for infective endocarditis complicated by cerebral embolism: A consecutive series of 375 patients Martin Misfeld, MD, PhD, Felix Girrbach, MD, Christian D. Etz, MD, PhD, Christian Binner, MD, Konstantin V. Aspern, MD, Pascal M. Dohmen, MD, PhD, Piroze Davierwala, MD, Bettina Pfannmueller, MD, PhD, Michael A. Borger, MD, PhD, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 147, Issue 6, Pages 1837-1846 (June 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.10.076 Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Long-term survival in patients with cerebral embolism compared with patients without cerebral embolism. pts, Patients. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 147, 1837-1846DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.10.076) Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Long-term survival in patients with silent cerebral embolism or transient ischemic attack (TIA) (blue line) compared with patients symptomatic cerebral embolism (red line). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 147, 1837-1846DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.10.076) Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Freedom from reoperation. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 147, 1837-1846DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.10.076) Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions