Infective Endocarditis: Predictive Factors for Diagnosis and Mortality in Surgically Treated Patients

Infective Endocarditis: Predictive Factors for Diagnosis and Mortality in Surgically Treated Patients

Background: Diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) often is challenging, and mortality is high in such patients. Our goal was to characterize common diagnostic tools to enable a rapid and accurate diagnosis and to correlate these tools with mortality outcomes. Methods: Because of the possibility o...

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Main Authors: Jing Li, Tamara Ruegamer, Christoph Brochhausen, Karin Menhart, Andreas Hiergeist, Lukas Kraemer, Dirk Hellwig, Lars S. Maier, Christof Schmid, Jonathan Jantsch, Christian Schach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
Subjects:
infective endocarditis
mortality
valve histopathology
NT-proBNP
ROC analysis
sensitivity
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/9/12/467

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