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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2022

Infective Endocarditis: Clinical Characteristics and Echocardiographic Findings.

Hoorak Poorzand, Fatemeh Hamidi, Fereshte Sheybani, Fereshteh Ghaderi, Afsoon Fazlinezhad, Hedieh Alimi, Leila Bigdelu, Saeede Khosravi Bizhaem

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Hoorak PoorzandDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Department, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Fatemeh HamidiCardiovascular Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Fereshte SheybaniDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Fereshteh GhaderiCardiovascular Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Afsoon FazlinezhadCardiovascular Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Hedieh AlimiDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Department, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Leila BigdeluCardiovascular Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Saeede Khosravi BizhaemCardiovascular Diseases Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.

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Abstract

Purpose: Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a disease with high morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical characteristics and echocardiographic features of patients with IE. Methods: We analyzed patients with either definitive or probable diagnosis of IE who were hospitalized in a teaching hospital in Mashhad, Iran between June 2011 and January 2020. Patients who survived were followed up by echocardiography for at least 6-month after hospital discharge. Results: A total of 82 cases with IE were included of which 62 (75.6%) received definitive diagnosis. The mean age was 39.7 ± 18.7 years and 52 (63.4%) were male. The most common preexisting structural cardiac abnormality that predispose patients to IE were congenital heart diseases (28 %) of which bicuspid aortic valve was more common ( Conclusions: The short- and long-term prognosis in IE was poor and the predictors for in-hospital and 1-year mortality were defined as heart failure and septic shock. Congenital heart disease and intravenous illicit drug using (IVDU) were the most common predisposing condition which may necessitate a revision in the IE prophylaxis recommendations.

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congenital heart diseaseechocardiographyfollow-up careinfective endocarditismortality rate

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