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To evaluate the relationship between vegetation size, microbiological etiology, clinical presentation, and disease course in infective endocarditis.

November 22, 2011European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular ImagingOpen Access

Vegetation size in patients with infective endocarditis

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MLMarina LeitmanTel Aviv University YDYael DreznikTel Aviv University VTVladimir TyomkinAssaf Harofeh Medical Center

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Observational study demonstrates that large cardiac vegetations and MRSA infection significantly elevate mortality in infective endocarditis, indicating a need for early surgery.

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To evaluate the relationship between vegetation size, microbiological etiology, clinical presentation, and disease course in infective endocarditis.
Retrospective cohort analysis of 146 patients with definite infective endocarditis diagnosed between 1998 and 2010 at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center.
Evaluation of clinical records, outcomes, and precise vegetation size measurements in 102 patients.
Overall mortality was 23%, embolic complications occurred in 20.6%, 16% underwent surgery, and large vegetations (≥1 cm) occurred in 46 patients.
MRSA endocarditis was the strongest independent predictor of mortality (45%, P=0.01), followed by staphylococcal endocarditis with large vegetations (43%, P=0.01) or older age >60 years (41%, P=0.01), reaching 50% mortality (P=0.02) when both factors combined.
Large vegetations significantly increased the incidence of abscess formation (17%, P<0.001), which rose further with MRSA (27%, P=0.01), diabetes (25%, P<0.02), and older age (30%, P=0.01).

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Leitman et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97ed9a2855ae6cf374da47 https://doi.org/10.1093/ejechocard/jer253

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Observational study demonstrates that large cardiac vegetations and MRSA infection significantly elevate mortality in infective endocarditis, indicating a need for early surgery.

Vegetation size in patients with infective endocarditis

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Vegetation size in patients with infective endocarditis

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