Complicated endocarditis-to spare or not to spare the mitral valve

Piroze M Davierwala^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Piroze M Davierwala. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2023.

. 2023 Jun 1;63(6):ezad239.

doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad239.

Piroze M Davierwala^{1

2}

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: aortic root; infective endocarditis; intervalvular fibrous body; reconstruction.

Comment on

Extensive aortic root endocarditis with extension into the intervalvular fibrous body: an updated report of a mitral valve sparing approach.
Tomšič A, Palmen M, de Jong ML, Hjortnaes J, Driessen AGH, Braun J, Marsan NA, Klautz RJM. Tomšič A, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Jun 1;63(6):ezad114. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad114. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2023. PMID: 36951528 Free PMC article.