Early Surgery in Infective Endocarditis: Can it Be Too Early?

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¹ Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address: Michael.mack@bswhealth.org.
² University of Liege Hospital, GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Cardiology, CHU Sart Tilman, Liege, Belgium; Gruppo Villa Maria Care and Research, Maria Cecilia Hospital, Cotignola, and Anthea Hospital, Bari, Italy.

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Michael J Mack et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020.

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. 2020 Jul 7;76(1):41-42.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.05.049.

¹ Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address: Michael.mack@bswhealth.org.
² University of Liege Hospital, GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Cardiology, CHU Sart Tilman, Liege, Belgium; Gruppo Villa Maria Care and Research, Maria Cecilia Hospital, Cotignola, and Anthea Hospital, Bari, Italy.

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Keywords: cardiac valve cultures; infective endocarditis; pre-operative antibiotic treatment.

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