Table 4 Indication and timing of surgery for preventing embolism in left-sided native valve infective endocarditis
From: Cardiac multidetector computed tomography in infective endocarditis: a pictorial essay
Indication | Timing |
|---|---|
Aortic or mitral IE with a large vegetation (>10 mm) following one or more embolic episodes despite appropriate antibiotic therapy. | Urgent |
Aortic or mitral IE with a large vegetation (>10 mm) and other predictors of subsequent complications (heart failure, persistent infection, abscess) | Urgent |
Very large, isolated vegetations (>15 mm) | Urgent |