Endocarditis in Patients With Ascending Aortic Prosthetic Graft

Ramos‐Martínez, Antonio; Blanco-Alonso, Silvia; Calderón-Parra, Jorge; Rodríguez-Alfonso, B.; Martínez-López, Daniel; Cobo‐Marcos, Marta; Múñez-Rubio, Elena; Martín-López, Carlos Esteban; Forteza-Gil, Alberto

doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2020.03.035

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“…Five of these patients were treated orally (two life-long treatments), and only one death occurred during follow-up. The diagnosis and management of PVE after aortic root or ascending aorta graft surgery are difficult and require long-term, combined antibiotic treatment and surgery, when possible [39]. In patients with inconclusive echocardiographic results, a combination of PET/CT and cardiac CT is recommended [40,41] (among our 8 patients, 5 were diagnosed with PET/CT after inconclusive or negative TEEs).…”

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