One hundred and ninety-four episodes of endocarditis on native valves in non-addict
patients were diagnosed from 1975 to 1992 and were divided into groups A (78 patients …

▪ Objective: To describe the incidence and clinical manifestations of long-term cardiac
complications of endocarditis.▪ Design: Cohort study.▪ Setting: University-affiliated tertiary …

In a population of 930000 inhabitants all records of native valve infective endocarditis
diagnosed in the decade 1980–89 were reviewed. Using strict case definitions 132 clinically …

Background: Little information exists on the clinical characteristics and factors related to
hospital mortality in patients with active infective endocarditis referred for surgery. Methods …

There are very few data on the prognosis of possible versus definite infective endocarditis
(IE). We studied data from 365 consecutive patients with IE involving native heart valve seen …

BACKGROUND: Early surgery has been shown to be beneficial for patients with infective
endocarditis (IE), yet surgery is not used in most patients. Evidence of the uncertainty around …

The effect of age on the presentation and outcome of infective endocarditis (IE) is unclear.
Many of the available data are based on analyses of mixed populations of patients including …

Background The purpose of this study was to analyze the secular trends of infective
endocarditis in a teaching hospital between January 1996 and December 2015. Methods …

Objective To analyse hospital acquired infective endocarditis cases with respect to age, sex,
clinical, laboratory, and echocardiographic features, predisposition, complications, surgery …

Infective Endocarditis (IE) is associated with high mortality and morbidity. The data on
contemporary trends and health care utilization remain scarce for IE. Consequently, we used …