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Echocardiographic Findings Predict In-Hospital and 1-Year Mortality in Left-Sided Native Valve Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis: Analysis From the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Echo Cohort Study

Lauridsen TK 1 , Park L 1 , Tong SY 1 , Selton-Suty C 1 , Peterson G 1 , Cecchi E 1 Show all authors , Afonso L 1 , Habib G 1 , Paré C 1 , Tamin S 1 , Dickerman S 1 , Bayer AS 1 , Johansson MC 1 , Chu VH 1 , Samad Z 1 , Bruun NE 1 , Fowler VG 1 , Crowley AL 2

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  • 1 From the Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC (T.K.L., L.P., V.H.C., Z.S., V.G.F., A.L.C.); Department of Cardiology, Gentofte University, Copenhagen, Denmark (T.K.L., N.E.B.); Department of Infectious Diseases, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (S.Y.C.T.); Department of Cardiology, CHU Nancy-Brabois, Nancy, France (C.S.-S.); Department of Medicine, UT-Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (G.P.); Department of Cardiology, Maria Vittoria Hospital, Torino, Italy (E.C.); Department of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (L.A.); Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Marseille, France (G.H.); Department of Cardiology, University of Barcelona, Spain (C.P.); Department of Cardiology, Institut Jantung Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (S.T.); Department of Medicine, New York University (S.D.); Division of Infectious Diseases, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, University of California, Los Angeles (A.S.B.); Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (M.C.J.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (V.H.C., V.G.F., A.L.C.); and Clinical Institute, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark (N.E.B.)
  • 2 From the Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC (T.K.L., L.P., V.H.C., Z.S., V.G.F., A.L.C.); Department of Cardiology, Gentofte University, Copenhagen, Denmark (T.K.L., N.E.B.); Department of Infectious Diseases, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (S.Y.C.T.); Department of Cardiology, CHU Nancy-Brabois, Nancy, France (C.S.-S.); Department of Medicine, UT-Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (G.P.); Department of Cardiology, Maria Vittoria Hospital, Torino, Italy (E.C.); Department of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (L.A.); Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Marseille, France (G.H.); Department of Cardiology, University of Barcelona, Spain (C.P.); Department of Cardiology, Institut Jantung Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (S.T.); Department of Medicine, New York University (S.D.); Division of Infectious Diseases, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, University of California, Los Angeles (A.S.B.); Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (M.C.J.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (V.H.C., V.G.F., A.L.C.); and Clinical Institute, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark (N.E.B.). [email protected]
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging, 2015 Jul;8(7):e003397.
PMID: 26162783 DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.114.003397

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus left-sided native valve infective endocarditis (LNVIE) has higher complication and mortality rates compared with endocarditis from other pathogens. Whether echocardiographic variables can predict prognosis in S aureus LNVIE is unknown.

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