Infective endocarditis still has high mortality and invalidating complications, such as cerebral embolism. The best strategies to prevent and manage neurologic complications remain uncertain. This study aimed to identify predictors of cerebral septic embolism and evaluate the role of surgery in these patients in a real-world surgical centre.
Impact of septic cerebral embolism on prognosis and therapeutic strategies of infective endocarditis: a retrospective study in a surgical centre / Scheggi, Valentina; Menale, Silvia; Tonietti, Barbara; Bigiarini, Costanza; Giovacchini, Jacopo; Del Pace, Stefano; Zoppetti, Nicola; Alterini, Bruno; Stefàno, Pier Luigi; Marchionni, Niccolò. - In: BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. - ISSN 1471-2334. - STAMPA. - 22:(2022), pp. 0-0. [10.1186/s12879-022-07533-w]
Impact of septic cerebral embolism on prognosis and therapeutic strategies of infective endocarditis: a retrospective study in a surgical centre
Scheggi, Valentina
;Menale, Silvia;Tonietti, Barbara;Bigiarini, Costanza;Giovacchini, Jacopo;Del Pace, Stefano;Zoppetti, Nicola;Stefàno, Pier LuigiSupervision
;Marchionni, NiccolòSupervision
2022
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Infective endocarditis still has high mortality and invalidating complications, such as cerebral embolism. The best strategies to prevent and manage neurologic complications remain uncertain. This study aimed to identify predictors of cerebral septic embolism and evaluate the role of surgery in these patients in a real-world surgical centre.
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