Mural Endocarditis: The GAMES Registry Series and Review of the Literature.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mural infective endocarditis (MIE) is a rare type of endovascular infection. We present a comprehensive series of patients with mural endocarditis.

Methods

Patients with infectious endocarditis (IE) from 35 Spanish hospitals were prospectively included in the GAMES registry between 2008 and 2017. MIEs were compared to non-MIEs. We also performed a literature search for cases of MIE published between 1979 and 2019 and compared them to the GAMEs series.

Results

Twenty-seven MIEs out of 3676 IEs were included. When compared to valvular IE (VIE) or device-associated IE (DIE), patients with MIE were younger (median age 59 years, p < 0.01). Transplantation (18.5% versus 1.6% VIE and 2% DIE, p < 0.01), hemodialysis (18.5% versus 4.3% VIE and 4.4% DIE, p = 0.006)

SUBMITTER: Gutierrez-Villanueva A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8572950 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature