Key result
Native valve infective endocarditis remains associated with significant mortality despite the availability of antibiotic therapy and early valvular replacement.
Why the study?
What factors influence the prognosis of native valve infective endocarditis?
What factors influence the prognosis of native valve infective endocarditis?
This study aims to identify prognostic factors for mortality in patients with native valve infective endocarditis.
High mortality persists in native valve IE despite therapy; leaves open identification of modifiable prognostic factors in prospective studies.
Forty years after the first 'recoveries' obtained by antibiotherapy and twenty years after the first success of early valvular replacement, the mortality of infective endocarditis (IE) is still significant. The present study has been undertaken to clarify the factors which influence the prognosis of IE.
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Malquarti et al. (1984) studied this question. Native valve infective endocarditis remains associated with significant mortality despite the availability of antibiotic therapy and early valvular replacement.
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