Short-term outcome of patients with infective endocarditis: A single-center prospective study

Kianoush Saberi, Mehrdad Salehi, Ali Reza Bakhshandeh, Shahnaz Sharifi, Mehrzad Rahmanian, Roya Sattarzadeh, Anahita Tavoosi

Anesthesia: Essays and Researches 2017 11(4):1018-1021

Objectives: To investigate the short-term outcome of patients with infective endocarditis (IE). Patients and Methods: We analyzed data from 42 patients with active endocarditis which underwent different cardiac surgeries. An active endocarditis was considered due to urine analysis and/or blood culture and acute inflammation Gram stains of sample tissue and/or blood culture and acute inflammation Gram stains of sample tissue. Design: Collecting data of 42 patients prospectively. Setting: University hospital single center. Participants: Patients with IE from July 2014 to June 2016. Interventions: None. Measurement and Main Results: We collected data of 42 patients in Imam Hospital which is a university-based 1700-bed center. Twelve patients experienced a redo operation; in which, 2 of them have had the second redo. Five patients underwent an aortic valve replacement operation, 2 mitral valve repair, and only one patient had experienced a subaortic web resection. Seven cases were addict; in which, 5 of them were intravenous abusers. There was 1 porphyric patient which suffered from pethidine reliability. Most of our cases underwent Bentall or tricuspid valve repair operation, and multivalve operation was more scarce. Conclusions: We have presented the therapeutic strategies and outcome of patients with IE and evaluated their short-term outcome.

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