[Treatment outcome of prosthetic valve endocarditis].

Background And Aims Of The Study: Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) occurred from 1 to 9% of patient after heart valve replacement. The aim of the present study was to assess the long term outcome of the treatment of PVE and to analyze the recurrence of infective endocarditis (IE).

Material: Hospital mortality, recurrence and late survival were analyzed in 59 patients hospitalized in the Institute of Cardiology for PVE between 1988-95.