Background—The incidence of embolic events (EE) and death is still high in patients with
infective endocarditis (IE), and data about predictors of these 2 major complications are …

Objectives: To describe the characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of active infective
endocarditis (IE) in Europe. Design: Prospective survey of medical practices in Europe …

Embolic events are a frequent and life-threatening complication of subacute bacterial
endocarditis (SBE) and are associated with a high mortality and morbidity. The prediction of …

Background. Staphylococcus aureus native valve infective endocarditis (SA-NVIE) is not
completely understood. The objective of this investigation was to describe the characteristics …

Objectives: To identify the prognostic markers of a bad outcome in a large population of 104
patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE), and to study the influence of medical …

PURPOSE: To describe clinical features and outcomes of enterococcal left-sided native
valve endocarditis and to compare it to endocarditis caused by other pathogens. SUBJECTS …

Total 198 episodes of Duke “definite” infective endocarditis (IE) in 192 patients observed
over last 10 years were studied [141 males and 51 females, mean age 27.6±12.7 years …

Objectives: To analyse clinical, echocardiographic, and prognostic characteristics of
Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis (IE) compared with endocarditis caused by …

Die Inzidenz der mikrobiell verursachten („infektiöse “) Endokarditis (IE) liegt bei
30/1000000 [1]. Die IE verläuft unbehandelt letal. Die Letalitätsrate hängt von klinischen …

Objective: To evaluate the comparative diagnostic value of harmonic imaging (HI) in the
assessment of patients with suspected infective endocarditis (IE). Setting: Tertiary referral …