Publications by authors named "Samuel Mancuso"

Article Synopsis
  • The study aimed to compare early and late mortality rates in patients with acute isolated tricuspid valve infective endocarditis (TVIE) who underwent either valve repair or replacement.
  • A total of 149 patients from a larger registry were evaluated, revealing a 9% early mortality rate and showing that valve repair had lower mortality and complication rates compared to replacement, although these differences were not statistically significant.
  • The research concluded that both surgical options resulted in low recurrence rates and good long-term survival for TVIE patients, indicating that the type of surgery has minimal impact on overall outcomes.
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Objectives: Endocarditis after the Bentall procedure is a severe disease often complicated by a pseudoaneurysm or mediastinitis. Reoperation is challenging but conservative therapy is not effective. The aim of this study was to assess short- and midterm outcomes of patients reoperated on for Bentall-related endocarditis.

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Background: To assess early and late mortality in patients with isolated acute tricuspid valve infective endocarditis (TVIE) using data from a multicenter registry.

Methods: From 1983 to 2018, isolated acute TVIE was surgically treated in 157 (3.8%) patients [mean age 47 ± 16 years (range 15-86 years), 25% females].

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Objectives: Minimal access mitral valve surgery (MVS) has already proved to be feasible and effective with low perioperative mortality and excellent long-term outcomes. However, experience in more complex valve diseases such as infective endocarditis (IE) still remains limited. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate early and long-term results of minimal access MVS for IE.

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Background: The aim of this large retrospective study was to provide a logistic risk model along an additive score to predict early mortality after surgical treatment of patients with heart valve or prosthesis infective endocarditis (IE).

Methods: From 2000 to 2015, 2715 patients with native valve endocarditis (NVE) or prosthesis valve endocarditis (PVE) were operated on in 26 Italian Cardiac Surgery Centers. The relationship between early mortality and covariates was evaluated with logistic mixed effect models.

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Interest in minimally invasive video-assisted mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) is rapidly growing. Data on concomitant atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation to MIMVS are still lacking. The present study investigates the long-term results of AF cryoablation concomitant to MIMVS.

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