Prognosis of native valve infective endocarditis: a review of 253 cases

V Malquarti; W Saradarian; J Etienne; H Milon; J P Delahaye

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/5.suppl_c.11

Prognosis of native valve infective endocarditis: a review of 253 cases

Eur Heart J. 1984 Oct:5 Suppl C:11-20. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/5.suppl_c.11.

Authors

V Malquarti, W Saradarian, J Etienne, H Milon, J P Delahaye

PMID: 6519075
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/5.suppl_c.11

Abstract

Forty years after the first 'recoveries' obtained by antibiotherapy and twenty years after the first success of early valvular replacement, the mortality of infective endocarditis (IE) is still significant. The present study has been undertaken to clarify the factors which influence the prognosis of IE.

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Acute Kidney Injury / complications
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications
Endocarditis, Bacterial / mortality*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery
Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial / mortality
Female
Heart Failure / complications
Hemodynamics
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Staphylococcal Infections / mortality
Streptococcal Infections / mortality