Clinical Practice of Surgical Treatment for Left-Sided Infective Endocarditis: Nationwide Data from the NIDUS Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgery is an essential treatment for selected patients with infective endocarditis (IE). Despite indications for surgery, not all patients undergo surgery. Most previous IE cohorts have examined a selected group of patients from primary tertiary centers. Thus, the aims of this study were to describe the use of surgery by indication and to assess mortality in a nationwide cohort of patients with left-sided IE.

Methods

This study was an observational cohort study including patients with left-sided IE from the National Danish Endocarditis Studies (2016-2021). Patients were categorized according to the presence of surgical indications defined as a Class I indication for surgery according to the 2015 European guidelines or a vegetation ≥10 mm on the diagnostic echocar

SUBMITTER: Graversen PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12551414 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature