Surgical Treatment of Aortic Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: A 20-Year Single-Center Experience Sossio Perrotta, MD, Anders Jeppsson, MD, PhD, Victoria Fröjd, MD, PhD, Gunnar Svensson, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 101, Issue 4, Pages 1426-1432 (April 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.07.082 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Cumulative survival after 87 operations for aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis performed 1993 to 2013. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 1426-1432DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.07.082) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Comparison of cumulative survival after operations performed for aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis in the years 1993 to 2003 (n = 32) and in the years 2004 to 2013 (n = 55). There was a significant difference in survival (p = 0.027). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 1426-1432DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.07.082) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions