Comparison of Outcome of Possible Versus Definite Infective Endocarditis Involving Prosthetic or Bioprosthetic Heart Valves

The objectives of this study were to describe and compare the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with definite and possible infective endocarditis (IE) involving prosthetic heart valve, and to identify prognostic factors for long-term mortality, using data from an unselected cohort of consecutive patients. We studied data from 133 consecutive patients with IE involving prosthetic heart valve seen in an academic institution between 1990 and 2012. Patients were classified according to the modified Duke criteria for IE: patients with possible IE (n  = 47, 35%) and patients with definite IE (n = 86, 65%).

Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - August 7, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Laurent Fauchier, Lauriane Pericart, Thierry Bourguignon, Thibaud Genet, Arnaud Bisson, Anne Bernard, Louis Bernard, Dominique Babuty Tags: Valvular Heart Disease Source Type: research