Open AccessProfile of infective endocarditis at a tertiary care center in Brazil during a seven-year period: prognostic factors and in-hospital outcome
Author(s) -
Maria Carmo Pereira Nunes,
Cláudio Léo Gelape,
Teresa Cristina Abreu Ferrari
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.06.024
Subject(s) - medicine , infective endocarditis , hazard ratio , epidemiology , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , population , endocarditis , heart disease , valvular heart disease , surgery , environmental health
To describe the epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory profile of infective endocarditis (IE) at a Brazilian tertiary care center, and to identify the predictors of in-hospital mortality.
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