If the infarct is hemorrhagic, surgery should be postponed for approximately three weeks. In such cases, the surgery may be fatal to the patient. Endocarditis may produce an abscess of the skeleton of the heart and may even produce conduction disturbances if the abscess is centrally located. Prosthetic valve endocarditis is treated similarly as native valve disease. However, there is a tendency to replace the infected valve later as long as there is no hemodynamic instability.
LATE endocarditis is beyond two months post-op.