Heart transplantation as salvage treatment of intractable infective endocarditis

Marie Aymami , Matthieu Revest (1) , Caroline Piau , Céline Chabanne (2) , François Le Gall (3) , Bernard Lelong (4) , Jean-Philippe Verhoye (4) , Christian Michelet (5, 6) , Pierre Tattevin (1) , Erwan Flécher (4)

1 Service des maladies infectieuses et réanimation médicale [Rennes] = Infectious Disease and Intensive Care [Rennes]
2 Service de cardiologie et maladies vasculaires [Rennes] = Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery [Rennes]
3 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire [Rennes]
4 Service de chirurgie thoracique cardiaque et vasculaire [Rennes] = Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery [Rennes]
5 Irset - Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail
6 CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes]

Keywords: periannular abscesses; salvage treatment; Heart transplantation; infective endocarditis; intracardiac fistula

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]

Marie Aymami, Matthieu Revest, Caroline Piau, Céline Chabanne, François Le Gall, et al.. Heart transplantation as salvage treatment of intractable infective endocarditis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2015, 21 (4), pp.371-e1. ⟨10.1016/j.cmi.2014.11.027⟩. ⟨hal-01118417⟩