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

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 …

The aim of the study was to describe the epidemiological and clinical aspects of native valve
infective endocarditis (IE) in a Tunisian high-volume tertiary care center and to identify the …

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

Introduction Changes in the etiology, epidemiology, and outcome of infective endocarditis
(IE) have been observed in recent years. Newer invasive therapeutic interventions have …

Risk factors, e tiology, and outcome of 180 cases of infective endocarditis (IE) in the Slovak
Republic for 5 years were prospectively studied in a national survey. According to the Duke …

Native valve infective endocarditis (IE) in patients with normal valves has increased in the
last decades. Whether patients with normal valves present a similar prognosis to those with …

Introduction and objectives The aim of our study is to assess changes in the epidemiologic
features of patients with native valve infective endocarditis. Methods We analyzed a …

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 …

Background: The clinical profile and outcome of nosocomial and non-nosocomial health
care–associated native valve endocarditis are not well defined. Objective: To compare the …