Mitral valve surgery in acute infective endocarditis: long-term outcomes of mitral valve repair versus replacement.

This was similar to results retrieved from the Spanish nationwide registry in which the tendency to have a better survival in the MVR group did not reach statistical significance. 15 Other studies showed similar findings with no differences in terms of long-term survival in patients receiving MVR when compared with MVP. 17 In contrast, a large US registry involving more than 1900 patients reported a significantly higher perioperative mortality at long-term follow-up in pati

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