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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;32:557. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.06.034
Copyright © 2007, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Errata

Erratum to "Reconstructive surgery in active mitral valve endocarditis: feasibility, safety and durability" [Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 31 (4) (2007) 592–599]

^a Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
^b Division of Cardiology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
^c Division of Internal Medicine, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

^_* Corresponding author. Tel.: +32 2 764 6113; fax: +32 2 764 8960. (Email: Laurent.DeKerchove{at}clin.ucl.ac.be).

The publisher regrets that in the above article the word transoesophageal was spelled incorrectly. The paragraphs containing the errors are reproduced below.

All patients diagnosed with endocarditis were preoperatively assessed with transthoracic (TTE) and transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE). If necessary, repeated TEE were performed in order to follow the lesions and to support a decision for surgery.

Indications for surgery were (i) severe congestive heart failure (NYHA class III) in 21 patients (32%) and cardiogenic shock in nine of them (14%), (ii) septic emboli in 22 patients (35%) including 10 cases (16%) of stroke with no intracranial bleeding, 5 cases (8%) of TIAs and 3 cases (4.7%) of cerebral abscesses and (iii) persistent sepsis in 11 patients (17%). Preoperative transoesophageal echocardiography revealed vegetations in 51 patients (81%), mitral regurgitation (MR) grade 3 in 40 patients (63.5%) and intracardiac abscesses or fistulas in 17 patients (27%). Forty-two patients (67%) had isolated mitral valve endocarditis, 20 (32%) had both mitral and aortic valve endocarditis and one had mitral and tricuspid valve endocarditis.

Immediate postoperative transoesophageal echocardiography indicated no residual MR in 48 patients (76.2%) and MR grade 1 in 13 patients (21.6%). In only two patients (3.2%), a residual MR of grade 2 was accepted because of advanced age. No MV stenosis was observed at this time.

The publisher apologizes for this oversight.

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