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ArticleThe Annals of thoracic surgery2019

Impact of Microbiological Organism Type on Surgically Managed Endocarditis.

Judson B Williams, Asad A Shah, Shuaiqi Zhang, Sin-Ho Jung, Babatunde Yerokun, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Peter K Smith, James S Gammie, Jeffrey G Gaca

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Judson B WilliamsDepartment of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Surgery, WakeMed Health and Hospitals, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Asad A ShahDepartment of Surgery, Hoag Hospital, Newport Beach, California.
Shuaiqi ZhangThe Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Coordinating Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Sin-Ho JungThe Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Coordinating Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Babatunde YerokunThe Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Coordinating Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Sreekanth VemulapalliThe Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Coordinating Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Peter K SmithDepartment of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
James S GammieUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Jeffrey G GacaDepartment of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. Electronic address: jeffrey.gaca@duke.edu.

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backgroundThis study describes the impact of organism and valve type on surgically managed infective endocarditis (IE) from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) database. We developed a risk model for surgically managed endocarditis that includes the microbiological organism.

methodsThe STS database was queried for adult patients with surgically managed endocarditis from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2016. Outcomes were compared based on (1) causative microbiological organism, (2) valve type (native vs prosthetic), and (3) endocarditis on the right (tricuspid) vs left (mitral, aortic) sides. Univariate and risk adjusted models were developed with odds ratios for mortality for each organism type referenced against Streptococcus.

resultsThe study population included 21,388 operations (93%) for left-sided IE and 1698 (7%) for right-sided IE. Streptococcus (28%) and Staphylococcus (27%) were the most common infecting organisms, followed by Enterococcus (11%). After multivariate adjustment, microbiological organism type was significantly associated with operative mortality for patients with left-sided endocarditis, with an adjusted odds ratio of 2.9 for fungal, 1.4 for Staphylococcus, and 1.3 for culture-negative vs Streptococcus. For right-sided endocarditis, there were no differences in outcomes by organism type. Left-sided prosthetic valve endocarditis had a higher operative mortality than left-sided native valve endocarditis (12% vs 8%, P < .001). In contrast, surgery for right-sided endocarditis carried lower operative mortality, with no mortality difference between prosthetic valve endocarditis and native valve endocarditis (5% vs 4%, P = .6).

conclusionsOrganism type influences the operative mortality for left-sided endocarditis. Surgery for left-sided and prosthetic valve endocarditis is associated with higher operative mortality. Risk adjustment for operative outcomes in endocarditis may need to account for microbiological organism type.

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AdultAgedEndocarditis, BacterialFemaleHeart Valve DiseasesHumansMaleMiddle AgedModels, StatisticalRisk AssessmentTreatment Outcome

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