| Autor: |
Abel Van Vlasselaer, Magnus Rasmussen, Johan Nilsson, Lars Olaison, Sigurdur Ragnarsson |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Open Heart, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2053-3624 |
| DOI: |
10.1136/openhrt-2018-000926 |
| Popis: |
Background Native aortic and mitral valve infective endocarditis (AVE and MVE, respectively) are usually grouped together as left-sided native valve infective endocarditis (LNVE), while the differences between AVE and MVE have not yet been properly investigated. We aimed to compare AVE and MVE in regard to patient characteristics, microbiology and determinants of survival.Methods We conducted a retrospective study using the Swedish national registry on infective endocarditis, which contains nationwide patient data. The study period was 2007‒2017, and included cases were patients who had either AVE or MVE.Results We included 649 AVE and 744 MVE episodes. Staphylococcus aureus was more often the causative pathogen in MVE (41% vs 31%, p |
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