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Acute infective endocarditis during COVID-19 pandemic time: The dark side of the moon.
Lorusso, Roberto; Calafiore, Antonio M; Di Mauro, Michele.
  • Lorusso R; Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Department, Heart and Vascular Centre, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
  • Calafiore AM; Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht, The Netherlands.
  • Di Mauro M; Cardiac Surgery Division, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece.
J Card Surg ; 37(5): 1168-1170, 2022 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1666322
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has remarkably impacted the hospital management and the profile of patients suffering from acute cardiovascular syndromes. Among them, acute infective endocarditis (AIE) represented a rather frequent part of these urgent/emergent procedures. The paper by Liu et al. has clearly shown the higher risk features which patients with a diagnosis of AIE presented at hospital admission during the first part (first and second waves) of the outbreak, often requiring challenging operations, but fortunately not associated with the worse outcome if compared to results obtained before the SARS-2 pandemic. The report discussed herein presents several other aspects worth discussion and comments, particularly in relation to hospital management and postdischarge outcome which certainly deserve to be highlighted, but also further investigations.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Endocarditis / Endocarditis, Bacterial / COVID-19 Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study Topics: Long Covid Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: J Card Surg Journal subject: Cardiology Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Jocs.16281

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Endocarditis / Endocarditis, Bacterial / COVID-19 Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study Topics: Long Covid Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: J Card Surg Journal subject: Cardiology Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Jocs.16281