Risk of Embolism and Death in Infective Endocarditis: Prognostic Value of Echocardiography
Author(s) -
Franck Thuny,
Giovanni DiSalvo,
Olivier Belliard,
Jean-François Aviérinos,
Valeria Pergola,
Valerie Rosenberg,
JeanPaul Casalta,
Joanny Gouvernet,
Geneviève Dérumeaux,
D Iarussi,
Pı̈erre Ambrosi,
Raffaello Calabro,
Alberto Ribéri,
Frédéric Collart,
D Métras,
Hubert Lépidi,
Didier Raoult,
JeanRobert Harlé,
PierreJean Weiller,
Ariel Cohen,
Gilbert Habib
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.104.493155
Subject(s) - medicine , infective endocarditis , endocarditis , heart failure , prospective cohort study , cardiology , mortality rate , incidence (geometry) , surgery , optics , physics
The incidence of embolic events (EE) and death is still high in patients with infective endocarditis (IE), and data about predictors of these 2 major complications are conflicting. Moreover, the exact role of echocardiography in risk stratification is not well defined.
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