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• TITLE: Surgery in the Acute Phase of Infective Endocarditis: 5 Years after Our Initial Experience

  AUTHORS: Youssef El Bekkali, Noureddine Atmani, Siham Bellouize, Mohamed Drissi, Younes Moutakiallah, Mehdi Bamous, Abdessamad Abdou, Fouad Nya, Anis Seghrouchni, Mahdi Aithoussa, Brahim Amahzoune, Abdedaim Hatim Ghadbane, Abdelatif Boulahya

  KEYWORDS: Infectious Endocarditis, Acute Phase, Surgery

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vol.6 No.8, August 19, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Aim: Comparing the results of acute phase infectious endocarditis surgery between two periods. Methods and Results: The study is about 2 series, series A between 1993 and 1997, and series B between 1998 and 2012, respectively 13 and 51 patients. The two periods were similar concerning the number of patients per year, which was 3.12 cases/year for series A and 3.64 cases/year for series B. The authors noted a change in epidemiological profile, with an increase of median age (31 y.o for series A and 37 y.o for series B), and the emergency of endocarditis on prosthetic valve (none on series A and 8 cases for series B). Surgical indications and results didn’t change too much, hospital mortality rate was 15.3% for series A and 17.6% for series B. Conclusion: Infectious endocarditis is still a major public healthcare problem in developing countries, despite the development of diagnostic tools and patient care. Prevention is still the major asset in the treatment of this disease.