Population
78 patients hospitalized for infective endocarditis at Sejong hospital between January 1990 and October…
Design
Cohort
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LV dysfunction may flag higher mortality risk in endocarditis; observational data leaves open prospective validation of risk stratification.
This retrospective cohort study highlights that left ventricular dysfunction is a key risk factor for mortality in infective endocarditis, while aortic valve involvement and vegetations increase the risk of heart failure.
Ahn et al. (2000) studied this question.
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