Early Operation in Patients With Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis and Acute Stroke Is Safe Mehrdad Ghoreishi, MD, Nate Foster, BS, Chetan Pasrija, MD, Aakash Shah, MD, A. Claire Watkins, MD, Charlie F. Evans, MD, Sam Maghami, MD, Rachael Quinn, PhD, Brody Wehman, MD, Bradley S. Taylor, MD, MPH, Murtaza Y. Dawood, MD, Bartley P. Griffith, MD, James S. Gammie, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 105, Issue 1, Pages 69-75 (January 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.069 Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 The rate of postoperative new stroke. (IE = infective endocarditis; MV = mitral valve.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 105, 69-75DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.069) Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier 5-year survival among patients with (dashed line) or without (solid line) preoperative acute stroke. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 105, 69-75DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.069) Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions