… porcine valve recipients. Male sex was a risk factor for PVE within 12 months of aortic valve
… did not influence the risk of PVE after mitral valve replacement. Older patients had a higher …

… prolapse nonetheless has been reported in a higher proportion of native valve endocarditis
cases than other valvular abnormalities in recent case series, due to the high prevalence as …

… Prosthetic valve endocarditis is an important cause of the morbidity and … valve replacement
surgery. The objective of this study was to assess risk factors of prosthetic valve endocarditis …

… described risk factor is the presence of active infective endocarditis at the time of valve …
micro-organism of infective endocarditis that led to original valve replacement surgery. No …

… valves, and a prognosis that differ from those in non–drug users. A retrospective study of native
valve endocarditis … native valve endocarditis and to identify factors predictive of mortality. …

… RSIE and TVIE are strongly associated with intravenous drug use (IVDU), although
pacemaker leads, defibrillator leads and vascular access for dialysis are also major risk factors. …

… Among patients who undergo surgical treatment for IE, prosthetic valve endocarditis,
positive valve culture at surgery and persistence of fever at the seventh postoperative day have …

… valve endocarditis (PVE) remains high. To identify clinical events associated with an
increased risk of death among patients with S. aureus PVE and to evaluate the role of valve …

… %, the highest risk of dying occurring within the first 3 postoperativemonths. Risk factors for
… functional class, prosthetic valve endocarditis, infection status (lowerin patients with healed …

… attributed to patient-related factors including younger age at … bovine jugular vein grafts as a
risk factor in this study. Bovine … risk for infection, and may be more important risk factors than …