Trends of Infective Endocarditis at Two Teaching Hospitals: A 12-Year Retrospective Cohort Study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Trends of Infective Endocarditis at Two Teaching Hospitals: A 12-Year Retrospective Cohort Study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Background: Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, the incidence and mortality of infective endocarditis (IE) have increased in recent decades. Studies on the risk factors for mortality in endocarditis in Latin America are scarce. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 240 patients...

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Main Authors: Paulo Vieira Damasco, Victor Edgar Fiestas Solórzano, Natália Rodrigues Querido Fortes, Daniel Xavier de Brito Setta, Aloysio Guimaraes da Fonseca, Mario Castro Alvarez Perez, João Carlos Jazbick, Jonathan Gonçalves-Oliveira, Marco Aurélio Pereira Horta, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos, Claudio Querido Fortes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-12-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
endocarditis
mortality
retrospective cohort
Brazil
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/8/12/516

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