The Impact of Critical Illness on the Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Acute Infective Endocarditis
Matebele, M. P., Vemuri, K. R., Sedgwick, J. F., Marshall, L., Horvath, R., Obonyo, N. G., Ramanan, M. Hearts DOI: 10.3390/hearts6020015
Abstract: This study aims to evaluate the impact of critical illness, defined as the need for preoperative intensive care unit (ICU) admission for invasive monitoring or organ support, on cardiac surgery outcomes for patients with acute infective endocarditis (IE).