MRCP PACES Stuff CVS 3

Indications for surgery in INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS

• Prosthetic valve endocarditis
• Extensive damage to the valve
• Persistent infection despite medical therapy
• Large vegetations on echo
• Serious embolization
• Myocardial abscess
• Fungal endocarditis
• Progressive cardiac failure

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