Surgical outcomes and the optimal approach to the treatment of aortic valve endocarditis with an aortic root abscess

Luca Weltert^{1

2}, Giulio Folino¹

Affiliations

¹ Heart Surgery Division, European Hospital, Rome, Italy.
² Biostatistics Department, San Camillus International University for Health Sciences, Rome, Italy.

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Luca Weltert et al. J Card Surg. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;37(7):1926-1927.

doi: 10.1111/jocs.16465. Epub 2022 Apr 2.

Luca Weltert^{1

2}, Giulio Folino¹

¹ Heart Surgery Division, European Hospital, Rome, Italy.
² Biostatistics Department, San Camillus International University for Health Sciences, Rome, Italy.

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Surgical outcomes and optimal approach to treatment of aortic valve endocarditis with aortic root abscess.
Harris WM, Sinha S, Caputo M, Angelini GD, Ahmed EM, Rajakaruna C, Benedetto U, Vohra HA. Harris WM, et al. J Card Surg. 2022 Jul;37(7):1917-1925. doi: 10.1111/jocs.16464. Epub 2022 Apr 5. J Card Surg. 2022. PMID: 35384049 Free PMC article.

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