… recent changes in the spectrum and clinical presentation of infective endocarditis and to … of
clinical records, we analysed data on all patients admitted to hospital for infective endocarditis …

Objective To identify factors associated with in-hospital outcome of adult patients admitted to
the ICU with infective endocarditis (IE). Design and setting Retrospective study performed in …

… Infective endocarditis has a broad clinical spectrum since all organs may be affected by … In
our patient population, in which we routinely catheterize all patients with infective endocarditis, …

… , laboratory, microbiological, and echocardiographic characteristics of infective endocarditis
(IE… Is the clinical spectrum and prognosis of native valve infective endocarditis in non-addicts …

… of clinical findings, frequencies of different valves involved, special risk factors and complications
of infective endocarditis … patients having clinical suspicion of infective endocarditis were …

… of 75 consecutive cases of definitive infective endocarditis (IE), … CONCLUSIONS: The
spectrum of infective endocarditis is … and surgery for infective endocarditis are unacceptably low. …

… infective endocarditis and hence leads into the discussion of an adequate work-up for suspected
endocarditis. … sensitivity for the detection of infective endocarditis. TEE has greater than …

… To elucidate the most current clinical spectrum, all case records at a community hospital in
Tokyo were reviewed, and we describe here the microbiology and outcome of a consecutive …

… of infective endocarditis. To assess the potential role of referral bias in the study of infective
endocarditis, we compared a populationbased incidence cohort of patients with endocarditis …

… infective endocarditis diagnosed in our hospital have been included in a clinical protocol and
their clinical … from 1975 to 1992 as having infective endocarditis. Our University Hospital is …