Health‐Related Quality of Life and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Survivors of Left‐Sided Native Valve Endocarditis | Zendy

D. W. M. Verhagen | Zendy; Jeroen Hermanides | Zendy; Joke C. Korevaar | Zendy; Peter Bossuyt | Zendy; R. B. A. van den Brink | Zendy; Peter Speelman | Zendy; Jan T. M. van der Meer | Zendy

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Health‐Related Quality of Life and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Survivors of Left‐Sided Native Valve Endocarditis

Author(s) -

D. W. M. Verhagen,

Jeroen Hermanides,

Joke C. Korevaar,

Peter Bossuyt,

R. B. A. van den Brink,

Peter Speelman,

Jan T. M. van der Meer

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/598930

Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , quality of life (healthcare) , heart failure , infective endocarditis , prospective cohort study , pediatrics , physical therapy , nursing

The long-term prognosis of endocarditis is described primarily in relation to clinical outcome measures-for example, such complications as cerebrovascular accident, cardiac failure, need for cardiac surgery, relapse rate, and mortality. To our knowledge, to date, no studies have examined the health-related quality of life and the prevalence of long-term persistence of physical symptoms for survivors of left-sided native valve endocarditis.

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