Key result
Surgical treatment of left-sided infective endocarditis resulted in an in-hospital mortality rate of 5.4% and a recurrence rate of 17.8% over an average follow-up of 36.6 months.
Why the study?
To evaluate the short-term outcomes of surgical treatment of left-sided infective endocarditis in Hanoi Heart Hospital.
Observational (n=56)
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Surgical treatment of left-sided infective endocarditis remains challenging, with a 5.4% in-hospital mortality rate and a high early recurrence rate of 17.8%.
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Adds single-center Vietnamese data on left-sided IE surgery; leaves open generalizability and need for prospective validation.
Objective: to evaluate the short-term outcomes of surgical treatment of left-sided infective endocarditis (IE) in Hanoi Heart Hospital. Patients and Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional and descriptive study on all patients underwent surgery for left-sided IE from 3/2015 to 3/2019 in Hanoi Heart Hospital. Result: 56 patients underwent surgery for left-sided IE in 4 years; the mean age was 45.8 ± 16.0; male-female ratio was 3.3/1. 9 patients (16.1%) had prosthetic valve endocarditis. Preopeative blood cultures were positive in 35.7%, the mainly microorganism was Streptococcus (21.4%). Emergency and urgent surgery was performed in 14.3%; the most frequently postoperative complication was kidney failure, the in-hospital mortality rate was 5.4%. During the average follow-up time of 36.6± 14.2 months, the recurrence rate of IE was 17.8%. Conclusion: surgical treatment of left-sided infective endocarditis is still a great challenge, the early recurrence and motality rate are high.
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Hiền et al. (2022) conducted an observational in Left-sided infective endocarditis (n=56). Surgical treatment was evaluated on In-hospital mortality. Surgical treatment of left-sided infective endocarditis resulted in an in-hospital mortality rate of 5.4% and a recurrence rate of 17.8% over an average follow-up of 36.6 months.
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