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Contemporary results of mitral valve repair for infective endocarditis

Bernard Iung, MD^*,*, Juliette Rousseau-Paziaud, MD, Bertrand Cormier, MD^*, Eric Garbarz, MD, Olivier Fondard, MD^*, Eric Brochet, MD^*, Christophe Acar, MD, Jean-Paul Couëtil, MD^||, Ulrik Hvass, MD^|| and Alec Vahanian, MD^*

^* Cardiology Department, Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
Cardiology Department, Henri Mondor Hospital, Paris, France
Cardiology Department, Tenon Hospital, Paris, France
Cardiac Surgery Department, La Pitié-Sapetrière Hospital, Paris, France
^|| Cardiac Surgery Department, Bichat Hospital, Paris, France

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Late events after mitral valve repair for endocarditis in the whole study population. Survival rates and composite event-free rates are presented as the mean value ± SD. The numbers at the bottom of the figure indicate the number of patients alive.

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Survival and event-free survival after mitral valve repair, according to the indication of surgery (acute or healed endocarditis). The numbers at the bottom of the figure indicate the number of patients alive.