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Original Articles: Cardiovascular

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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, F24, Cleveland, OH 44195

(Email: mihaljt@ccf.org).

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This article by Avierinos and colleagues [1] represents a provocative analysis of outcomes of 127 consecutive patients with acute aortic valve endocarditis during a 15-year period who underwent aortic valve replacement with a prosthetic valve or a homograft. Choice of treatment was not randomized, and different techniques of valve replacement were used throughout the study. Study end points included in-hospital mortality, recurrence of infective endocarditis, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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