083 Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of multivalvular infective endocarditis

Multivalvular Infective Endocarditis Clinical Features, Echocardiographic Data and Outcomes

Little information is available concerning patients with multivalvular endocarditis (MVE) that simultaneously affects at least two cardiac valves. Current understanding of MVE is primarily based on sporadic case reports 6-9 and rarely on systematic retrospective investigation. Our aim was to investigate clinical and echocardiographic characteristics, microbiological profile, management and outc...

Clinical, echocardiographic, and operative findings in active infective endocarditis.

Echocardiographic documentation of vegetative lesions in infective endocarditis: clinical implications.

Eighty-seven patients with the clinical syndrome of infective endocarditis were examined by M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiography. Patients were divided into two groups based on the presence or absence of echocardiographically detected vegetative lesions. Group 1 consisted of 47 patients with one or more vegetations. Group 2 consisted of 40 patients without evidence of vegetations. Group ...

Clinical and bacteriological characteristics of infective endocarditis in the elderly.

OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical and bacteriological features of infective endocarditis in the elderly. DESIGN Prospective case series. SETTING A university hospital that is both a referral and a primary care centre. PATIENTS 114 consecutive patients treated for infective endocarditis from November 1990 to December 1993: 25 were > 70 years of age (group 1) and 89 were < 70 years old (g...

[Clinical characteristics and prognosis of infective endocarditis in women].

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Little is known about the prognosis of infective endocarditis in women. The objective of this study was to determine the clinical characteristics and prognosis of infective endocarditis in women diagnosed with the condition at our center during the last 20 years. METHODS Comparative analysis of 288 patients diagnosed with infective endocarditis between 1987 and 200...