Journal article
Contemporary clinical profile and outcome of prosthetic valve endocarditis
Andrew Wang, Eugene Athan, Paul A Pappas, Vance G Fowler, Lars Olaison, Carlos Pare, Benito Almirante, Patricia Munoz, Marco Rizzi, Christoph Naber, Mateja Logar, Pierre Tattevin, Diana L Iarussi, Christine Selton-Suty, Sandra Braun Jones, Jose Casabe, Arthur Morris, G Ralph Corey, Christopher H Cabell
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | AMER MEDICAL ASSOC | Published : 2007
Abstract
CONTEXT: Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. The contemporary clinical profile and outcome of PVE are not well defined. OBJECTIVES: To describe the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and outcome of PVE, with attention to health care-associated infection, and to determine prognostic factors associated with in-hospital mortality. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Prospective, observational cohort study conducted at 61 medical centers in 28 countries, including 556 patients with definite PVE as defined by Duke University diagnostic criteria who were enrolled in the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study fr..
View full abstract