Surgical treatment of active infective endocarditis: a continued challenge.

Objective: This study was undertaken to examine the outcomes of surgery for active infective endocarditis in a large cohort of patients.

Methods: Three hundred eighty-three consecutive patients underwent surgery for active infective endocarditis. The mean age was 51 +/- 16 years, and 64% were men.

[Off-pump coronary artery bypass: analysis of 1080 patients].

A consecutive cohort including 1080 patients undergoing "off-pump" myocardial revascularization was reviewed. An average of 2.22 bypass/patients was performed.

Surgical treatment of paravalvular abscess: long-term results.

Objective: To examine the outcomes of surgery for active infective endocarditis with paravalvular abscess.

Methods: Paravalvular abscess was defined as infective necrosis of the valve annulus that required patch reconstruction before implanting a new valve. Of 383 patients with active infective endocarditis who underwent surgical treatment, 135 (35%) had paravalvular abscess.

[Off-pump beating heart coronary artery bypass. Technical points of view and surgical results].

A consecutive series of 746 patients undergoing heart beating myocardial revascularization was reviewed. An average of 2.30 grafts/patients was performed.