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Infective Endocarditis-Characteristics and Prognosis According to the Affected Valves.
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- Multivalvular vs single-valve infective endocarditis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Future cardiology · 2025Pooled it
- Infective endocarditis treated surgically: correlation between imaging, and surgical findings.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2026Article
- Eustachian and Aortic Valve Endocarditis: A Rare Case of Concomitant Right- and Left-Sided Endocarditis.Cureus · 2026Article
- Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality From Infective Endocarditis in a Resource-Limited, War-Affected Tertiary Center.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Cross-incision technique for aortic periannular abscess perforating the tricuspid annulus.JTCVS techniques · 2025Article
- From flank pain to splenic abscess: a complex case of infective endocarditis with literature review.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundInfective endocarditis (IE) continues to be a disease with high mortality despite medical advances.
objectiveThe objective of this study was to investigate the characteristics and prognosis of IE according to the affected valves. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis study was retrospective and single-centered, and it included 270 patients with a diagnosis of IE, for the period 2005-2021, who received treatment at the University Hospital "St. Georgi" in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
resultsSingle-valve IE (SIE) was found in 82.6% (n-223), multivalvular IE (MIE) in 16.66% (n = 45) and device IE (CDRIE) in 0.74% (n = 2) of patients. The most commonly affected valve was the aortic valve, in 44.8% (n = 121). The predominant multivalvular involvement was aortic-mitral valves (AV-MV) (13.7%, n = 37). The patients with tricuspid valve (TV) IE were significantly younger, at 39 (30) years, and were more frequently male (80.8%). Mortality was higher in MIE than in SIE (31.1% vs. 23.8%) and was the highest in multivalve aortic-tricuspid (AV-TV) IE (75%). Early surgery was performed most in AV-MV IE, in 29.7% (n = 11). The Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) was significantly higher in MV 4 (4) and AV 3 (3) vs. TV IE 1 (5) (
conclusionsThe aortic valve is the most frequently affected valve, as single-valve IE or as multivalve AV-MV, with the predominant causative agents being of the
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