Acquired: AATS expert consensus guidelines: Endocarditis
2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) consensus guidelines: Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis: Executive summary

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Key Words

AATS guidelines
infective endocarditis
infection
valve disease
cardiac surgery
native valve endocarditis
prosthetic valve endocarditis

Abbreviations and Acronyms

AATS
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
CT
computed tomography
IE
infective endocarditis
MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
PCR
polymerase chain reaction
PVE
prosthetic valve endocarditis
TEE
transesophageal echocardiography

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