Impact of Early Surgical Treatment on Postoperative Neurologic Outcome for Active Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Cerebral Infarction

The risk of postoperative hemorrhagic transformation of preoperative acute CI was low, even in patients who underwent early operation. Our data suggested that there is no benefit for delaying surgical treatment beyond 2 weeks to prevent hemorrhagic transformation in patients with CI. However ectopic intracranial hemorrhage sometimes occurs regardless of the timing of surgical treatment.