Nationwide cohort study of mitral valve repair versus replacement for infective endocarditis Hsiu-An Lee, MD, Yu-Ting Cheng, MD, Victor Chien-Chia Wu, MD, An-Hsun Chou, MD, PhD, Pao-Hsien Chu, MD, Feng-Chun Tsai, MD, Shao-Wei Chen, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 156, Issue 4, Pages 1473-1483.e2 (October 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.04.064 Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 A, Flow chart of patient inclusion and exclusion criteria, and (B) bar chart illustrating the increase in the proportion of mitral valve repair from 2000 to 2013. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, 1473-1483.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.04.064) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Late outcomes illustrated by a Forrest plot (A) and Kaplan–Meier curve (B) showing event-free survival during follow-up. MV, Mitral valve; CI, confidence interval. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, 1473-1483.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.04.064) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Forest plot showing risks of composite end point during follow-up in different subgroups. MV, Mitral valve; CI, confidence interval; IE, infective endocarditis; GI, gastrointestinal; AVR, aortic valve replacement. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, 1473-1483.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.04.064) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Kaplan–Meier curve showing late all-cause mortality of patients with active infective endocarditis. MV, Mitral valve. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, 1473-1483.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.04.064) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure E1 Microbiology of patients who underwent mitral valve (MV) surgery during active infective endocarditis. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, 1473-1483.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.04.064) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Mitral valve repair results in lower rates of late mortality and composite end point. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, 1473-1483.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.04.064) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Video 1 The study's lead author speaks about the study's purpose, results, and conclusion of its findings. Video available at: https://www.jtcvs.org/article/S0022-5223(18)31051-1/fulltext. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, 1473-1483.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.04.064) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions