Twenty-Year Secular Trends in Infective Endocarditis in a Teaching Hospital
Author(s) -
Guillermo Cuervo,
Alexander Rombauts,
Queralt Caballero,
Inmaculada Grau,
Miquel Pujol,
Carmen Ardanuy,
Dámaris Berbel,
Carlota Gudiol,
José Carlos SánchezSalado,
Alejandro Ruiz-Majoral,
Fabrizio Sbraga,
Laura Gràcia-Sánchez,
Carmen Peña,
Jordi Carratalà
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy183
Subject(s) - infective endocarditis , medicine , endocarditis , etiology , secular variation , epidemiology , retrospective cohort study , age groups , surgery , pediatrics , demography , sociology
There has been a significant increase in infective endocarditis in older patients. The decrease in moderate to severe valve regurgitation at diagnosis could explain the stable mortality despite the increase in the mean age of patients over time.
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