Analysis of surgical versus medical therapy in active complicated native valve infective endocarditis

Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations

1992 • 45,923 citations

Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations

1958 • 37,219 citations

Biostatistical Analysis.

1975 • 10,200 citations

A generalized Wilcoxon test for comparing arbitrarily singly-censored samples

1965 • 3,333 citations

Infective Endocarditis in the Antibiotic Era

1966 • 609 citations

INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS

1977 • 455 citations

Treatment of infective endocarditis: a 10-year comparative analysis.

1978 • 369 citations

Diseases of the Heart and Blood Vessels: Nomenclature and Criteria for Diagnosis.

1964 • 366 citations

SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS

1923 • 328 citations

Valve ring abscess in active infective endocarditis. Frequency, location, and clues to clinical diagnosis from the study of 95 necropsy patients.

1976 • 309 citations

Treatment of Acute Bacterial Endocarditis by Valve Excision and Replacement

1965 • 231 citations

Infective endocarditis at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York City from 1938–1967

1971 • 188 citations

Prognostic significance of preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction and valve lesion in patients with aortic valve replacement

1980 • 157 citations

Two-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of vegetative endocarditis.

1977 • 145 citations

Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis

1979 • 140 citations

Changing Etiology of Bacterial Endocarditis in the Antibacterial Era

1970 • 128 citations

Aortic Insufficiency in Bacterial Endocarditis

1972 • 126 citations

A Long-term View of Bacterial Endocarditis

1965 • 123 citations

Infective endocarditis

1977 • 122 citations

Valve replacement in patients with active infective endocarditis.

1978 • 113 citations

The case for early surgical treatment of left-sided primary infective endocarditis

1975 • 95 citations

Experience with surgical management of primary infective endocarditis: A collected review of 139 patients

1972 • 94 citations

Sequelae of bacterial endocarditis

1962 • 94 citations

The role of valve replacement in the treatment of fungal endocarditis

1975 • 73 citations

Value and safety of cardiac catheterization during active infective endocarditis

1979 • 63 citations

Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis

1954 • 54 citations

Damage to the Aortic Valve as a Cause of Death in Bacterial Endocarditis

1961 • 52 citations

Surgery in active infective endocarditis.

1979 • 52 citations

Pathological significance of electrocardiographic changes in aortic valve endocarditis.

1969 • 50 citations

The Surgical Management of Bacterial Endocarditis

1976 • 45 citations

Role of Cardiac Catheterization in Infective Endocarditis

1977 • 43 citations

Surgery for Infective Endocarditis

1979 • 37 citations

Aortic Valve Perforation in Bacterial Endocarditis

1961 • 36 citations

Surgery for Mitral Valve Endocarditis

1979 • 28 citations

Infective endocarditis: new diagnostic techniques

1978 • 24 citations

Operative experience with infective endocarditis

1979 • 22 citations

Preoperative factors affecting the outcome of isolated mitral valve replacement: A 10 year review

1981 • 21 citations

Immediate and Long‐term Results of Emergency Aortic Valve Replacement in Acute Bacterial Endocarditis

1976 • 10 citations

CHANGING CONCEPTS IN MANAGEMENT OF INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS

1977 • 5 citations