The impact of implementing an endocarditis team in comparison to the classic heart team in a tertiary referral centre.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a complex disease for which the European Society of Cardiology guideline recommends a dedicated multidisciplinary endocarditis team (ET) approach since 2015. It is currently unknown whether this ET approach is beneficial compared to a classic heart team approach including bedside consultation by an infectious disease specialist in Western Europe.

Methods

This retrospective single centre, observational cohort study was conducted at the Radboudumc, a tertiary referral centre in the Netherlands. Consecutive patients treated for IE were included from September 2017 to September 2018 before implementation of a dedicated ET and from May 2019 to May 2020 afterwards.

Results

In total, 90 IE patients (45 patients before and 45 patients

SUBMITTER: van den Heuvel FMA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8931961 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature