Pericardial effusion in prosthetic and native valve infective endocarditis.

CONCLUSION: Regardless of whether the IE was in native or prosthetic valves, compared with patients without PE, patients with PE had more severe infections and a worse prognosis, but PE was not an independent predictor of mortality.
PMID: 31000188 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Indian Heart J - December 31, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Youssef GS, Mashaal MS, El Remisy DR, Sorour KA, Rizk HH Tags: Indian Heart J Source Type: research