Open AccessEpidemiological and mortality trends in infective endocarditis, a 17-year population-based prospective study
Author(s) -
Alberto Cresti,
Mario Chiavarelli,
Marco Scalese,
Cesira Nencioni,
Silvia Valentini,
Francesco Guerrini,
Incoronata D’Aiello,
Andrea Picchi,
Francesco De Sensi,
Gilbert Habib
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.83
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2223-3660
pISSN - 2223-3652
DOI - 10.21037/cdt.2016.08.09
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , bacteremia , epidemiology , infective endocarditis , mortality rate , population , endocarditis , prospective cohort study , pediatrics , environmental health , antibiotics , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , optics , biology
The population at risk, the clinical and microbiological features of infective endocarditis (IE) have changed. Aim of our study was to evaluate the contemporary epidemiological trends, over a 17-year period in a definite region of Tuscany, Italy, to analyze the clinical outcomes and associated prognostic factors.