Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a devastating disease, and guidelines currently recommend early surgery in patients with PVE and associated complications. However, a study from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis suggests that, after correcting for treatment selection bias and survivor bias, early surgery might not be beneficial.
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Prendergast, B., Harrison, J. Is early surgery beneficial in prosthetic valve endocarditis?. Nat Rev Cardiol 10, 556–557 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2013.130
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